Which did you get more of, Hope or Change?

well done!

dead in the water.

They filibuster EVERYTHING.

And YES we are all disappointed in lots and lots of things that have occurred since he was elected. Many things - including the compromise on single payer, and kissing up to wall street and then today with the debt ceiling (which by they way was a WIN for us. And there are many more things that we had hoped we'd see changed which have not changed ye. I get it.

But for a second of the obsticles and crises this President has faced since he was elected with the economy overshadwowing it all since day one. And then please remember- just for one minute- that thanks to low voting numbers, a dangerous, racist, batshit crazy group has hijacked the GOP who were never that bright in the first place, frankly. Governing is never easy- governing with these wackos is impossible.

But just in case you forgot...
Complete list (7 pages) here:
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/rulings/promise-kept/

or here's a sample of some of the CAMPAIGN PROMISES KEPT BY PRESIDENT OBAMA:
http://planetpov.com/2011/02/13/a-short-list-of-pres-obamas-accomplishments/

No. 4: Extend child tax credits and marriage-penalty fixes
No. 16: Increase minority access to capital
No. 33: Establish a credit card bill of rights
No. 36: Expand loan programs for small businesses
No. 37: Extend the Bush tax cuts for lower incomes
No. 38: Extend the Bush tax cuts for those making less than $250,000 (couples) or $200,000 (single)
No. 48: Close the “doughnut hole” in Medicare prescription drug plan
No. 51: Require insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions
No. 53: Give tax credits to those who need help to pay health premiums
No. 55: Require large employers to contribute to a national health plan
No. 56: Require children to have health insurance coverage
No. 57: Expand eligibility for Medicaid
No. 58: Expand eligibility for State Children’s Health Insurance Fund (SCHIP)
No. 63: Require health plans to disclose how much of the premium goes to patient care
No. 65: Establish an independent health institute to provide accurate and objective information
No. 69: In non-competitive markets, force insurers to pay out a reasonable share of their premiums for patient care
No. 70: Eliminate the higher subsidies to Medicare Advantage plans
No. 93: Reinstate executive order to hire an additional 100,000 federal employees with disabilities within five years.
No. 105: Increase the Veterans Administration budget to recruit and retain more mental health
No. 109: Fully fund the Veterans Administration
No. 113: Expand the Veterans Administration’s number of “centers of excellence” in specialty care
No. 121: Fully fund the Violence Against Women Act
No. 125: Direct military leaders to end war in Iraq
No. 126: Begin removing combat brigades from Iraq
No. 132: No permanent bases in Iraq
No. 161: End the abuse of supplemental budgets for war
No. 167: Make U.S. military aid to Pakistan conditional on anti-terror efforts
No. 172: Open “America Houses” in Islamic cities around the globe
No. 182: Allocate Homeland Security funding according to risk
No. 195: Seek verifiable reductions in nuclear stockpiles
No. 196: Extend monitoring and verification provisions of the START I Treaty
No. 197: Stand down nuclear forces to be reduced under the Moscow Treaty
No. 215: Create a rapid response fund for emerging democracies
No. 222: Grant Americans unrestricted rights to visit family and send money to Cuba
No. 225: Establish an Energy Partnership for the Americas
No. 229: Expand the Nurse-Family Partnership to all low-income, first-time mothers
No. 239: Release presidential records
No. 241: Require new hires to sign a form affirming their hiring was not due to political affiliation or contributions.
No. 244: Provide affordable, high-quality child care
No. 247: Recruit math and science degree graduates to the teaching profession
No. 259: Reduce subsidies to private student lenders and protect student borrowers
No. 269: Increase funding for national parks and forests
No. 275: Expand Pell grants for low-income students
No. 290: Push for enactment of Matthew Shepard Act, which expands hate crime law to include sexual orientation and other factors
No. 293: Repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy
No. 315: Establish ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ for areas of concentrated poverty
No. 359: Rebuild schools in New Orleans
No. 371: Fund a major expansion of AmeriCorps
No. 411: Work to overturn Ledbetter vs. Goodyear
No. 422: Create new financial regulations
No. 427: Ban lobbyist gifts to executive employees
No. 433: Sign a “universal” health care bill
No. 435: Create new criminal penalties for mortgage fraud
No. 449: Raise fuel economy standards
No. 458: Invest in all types of alternative energy
No. 483: Invest in public transportation
No. 495: Double federal spending for research on clean fuels
No. 500: Increase funding for the Environmental Protection Agency
No. 507: Extend unemployment insurance benefits and temporarily suspend taxes on these benefits
No. 513: Reverse restrictions on stem cell research

No. 38: Extend the Bush tax cuts for those making less than $250,000 (couples) or $200,000 (single)

right? You count Americorps expansion as one of Obama's "accomplishments", but Americorps has already met the chopping block.

And a number of those items like the "rapid response fund for emerging democracies" are just new ways to funnel taxpayer money to the MIC.

...mealy-mouthed halftruths or mere repeats.

Also...

No. 433: Sign a “universal” health care bill

Those are some pathetically low requirements you have to consider a 'promise kept'. If I offered you Universal Housing in Malibu, then charged you standard rent for it, you'd count that a 'promise kept'?

Yeah, didn't think so.

Does the Wasilla stooge post here??

That's not my fault, though.

which is what it has so far.

being a bit of a cynic.

Really, I just shake my head in sad amusement at anyone who believed all the campaign hype.

From ANY of the candidates.

Anyway, I did a search on campaign promises and came across this site...not sure how biased it is, but it seems to suggest that Obama has kept way more campaign promises than not.


http://www.thepresidentialcandidates.us/president-obama-has-kept-most-campaign-promises/1361/


When I voted for him, I wasn't under any illusions that much would change except for the Historical importance of having a black man as president. In fact, when I saw people getting all frothed up with excitement, I was worried that they WOULD be disappointed when their fantasies didn't become reality. IMO, it was almost like Obama was speaking to them personally. Like when God speaks to people who think they hear him.

Ooooh...Obama is promising me this....

Wow...he's promising me that...

When he doesn't...or can't...he falls off the pedestal they placed him on, and then he sucks.

So OK, yeah. People need to hold a politician's feet to the fire. But they need to be realistic in their expectations.

And...IMO...they need to ask themselves if they could have done a better job. If they think they could...then why the hell aren't they in politics themselves?

Unless you're a Republican or a Wall Streeter.

?

edit: http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-War-on-You-by-Michael-Collins-110731-552.html

why not?

What I got was screwed.

Bake

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