Somebody had to do it. You know the media's not gonna keep tabs on them.
Jeez, I can't figure out where to start. The troops? The pork? The "reaching across the aisle?" The tax cuts? He broke his campaign funding promise before he was elected. What were we to expect?
Obama's Broken Campaign Promises
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I think this topic is being covered in so many threads, it's hard to keep track. I'm glad we've now got one place to chronicle it. From one of Vain's links in the Column of the Day thread:
linkPresident Obama has had, by general consent, a torrid First Fortnight. To put it another way, it has taken precisely two weeks for the illusion that brought him to power to be exposed for the nonsense that it so obviously was. The transformational candidate who was going to sweep away pork-barrel politics, lobbyists and corruption has been up to his neck in sleaze, as eviscerated here by Charles Krauthammer. Despite the fact that he came to power promising to ‘ban all earmarks’, his ‘stimulus’ bill represents billions of dollars of special-interest tax breaks, giveaways and protections -- which have nothing to do with kick-starting the economy and everything to do with favouring pet Democrat causes.
Joe Biden … putting the Dem in dementia since (at least) 2020.
I'm not sure this counts as a broken promise, but he did pitch the idea of Hope, yet now, he's claiming if the "stimulus" bill is not passed, the economy may never recover. In other words, America's best days are behind her.
Sounds more like a State of Fear.
Sounds more like a State of Fear.
--Andy
"Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur."
Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.
I believe in the One who says there is life after this.
Now tell me how much more open can my mind be?
"Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur."
Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.
I believe in the One who says there is life after this.
Now tell me how much more open can my mind be?
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In one of Vain's articles in another thread, there was a quote from Mark Steyn I thought was great. Given that Obama is trying so hard to be the New Roosevelt with his new New Deal, I thought it was appropriate:Cybrweez wrote:I'm not sure this counts as a broken promise, but he did pitch the idea of Hope, yet now, he's claiming if the "stimulus" bill is not passed, the economy may never recover. In other words, America's best days are behind her.
Sounds more like a State of Fear.
"The only thing we have to hope for, is hope itself."
Joe Biden … putting the Dem in dementia since (at least) 2020.
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That would be this.Ki wrote:Obama promised to not sign a bill before it had five days of public comment. He signed the SCHIP within hours of it being approved by Congress.
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