Feb
13
President Barack Obama has began breaking his campaign promises almost immediately and continues to do so today.
During Barack Obama’s campaign he promised a 5 day waiting period after Congress approves a law before signing or vetoing it. This so-called “sunlight before signing” period was to ensure the citizens had plenty of time to review the legislation and provide their input to the White House.
Obama’s own campaign website stated “Too often bills are rushed through Congress and to the president before the public has the opportunity to review them. As president, Obama will not sign any non-emergency bill without giving the American public an opportunity to review and comment on the White House website for five days.”
Promise: Broken
Congress sent the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to President Obama about a week ago, and less than three hours later it was signed into law. If I do my math correctly (and by that I mean use my calculator properly) he missed his 5 day promise by about 117 hours. Oops.
Heck, he passed the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act only two days after receiving it. And that was in his first week as President.
Obama promised all these wonderful changes to be made if he were elected. He promised to include the citizens, to attempt to truly be a leader of the people. Many on the Right saw this as posturing for votes, but obviously many believed him. Unfortunately, he has already starting proving his inability to keep a simple promise from disrupting his liberal agenda.
This is a man who will stop at nothing to have his way. How about Bipartisanship? Nope – no need for that in the White House of the 44th President. Take a look at the current Economic Stimulus Package. The only bipartisanship in the package right now is the 7 House Democrats who voted alongside Republicans against the bill. When confronted with this fact the administration ignored it and spouted some completely inane numbers stating “3.5 million jobs that we look forward to saving or creating.”
Hey Obama! How about listening to the people and providing us with a response?! No? Oh well, you’ll be out in 4 years anyway.
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