Scotty Starnes posted: " The RNC should run Obama ads where he makes all the promise he failed to keep. Like reducing the deficit, turning the economy around and lowering unemployment. From Breitbart: If, as George Orwell once observed, the greatest enemy of any left-wi" | Respond to this post by replying above this line | New post on Scotty Starnes's Blog |  | 
The RNC should run Obama ads where he makes all the promise he failed to keep. Like reducing the deficit, turning the economy around and lowering unemployment. From Breitbart: If, as George Orwell once observed, the greatest enemy of any left-wing government is its previous propaganda, then Barack Obama's most fearsome enemy is a small volume his campaign published in 2008: Change We Can Believe In: Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise. I bought it after Obama won the presidency that November, and it makes for very entertaining--and somewhat sad--reading nearly four years later. Among the many promises Obama makes are the following: "Send Rebate Checks of $1,000 to American Families," "Staff the Government Based on Talent, Not Political Loyalties," and "Eliminate North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Programs." Some of the pledges combine hubris with bad policy: "Create Five Million New Green Jobs," "Create Automatic Workplace Pensions." Others are just silly: "Create a 'Craigslist' for Service." No matter who you are, there's a broken promise in this book for you. Seniors? Obama promised to "Preserve Social Security" and "Put Medicare on Solid Footing." Greens? Obama said he would "Rally the World to Stop Global Warming." Chicago residents? Obama pledged to "End the Dangerous Cycle of Youth Violence." The scale of Obama's cult of personality can be measured by the wide scope of his disappointments today. There is one promise, however, that stands out among the others, and best defines the failure of the Obama presidency: the promise to "Jump-start our economy with a $50 billion stimulus plan that would put money directly in the pockets of families struggling with rising food and mortgage payments." The actual stimulus, as passed in early 2009, was nearly 18 times as big and did little to help struggling families or the economy itself. Continue reading>>> | | | |
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