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Do you think Obama is living up to his promises?

Do you think Obama is living up to his promises?

  • Yes, I think he is doing exactly what he said he would when he got into office.

    Votes: 8 24.2%
  • Sort of. I think it may take him longer to do some things than I previously thought.

    Votes: 12 36.4%
  • No, he hasn't done anything useful in office and I don't think he ever will.

    Votes: 12 36.4%
  • Who's Obama?

    Votes: 1 3.0%

  • Total voters
    33
I'm not even sure what this means. You are aware that Bill Clinton was president during the 2000 election?

Oops lol. Yes, I was aware. That's what I get for posting at 2am. I somehow processed it as 2004 with the 2000 candidates. My bad.

Do you really believe Democrats wanted George Bush to start a war?

Yes. We were all pretty mad at that point and war is good business.

The resolution "supported" and "encouraged" diplomatic efforts by President George W. Bush to "strictly enforce through the U.N. Security Council all relevant Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq" and "obtain prompt and decisive action by the Security Council to ensure that Iraq abandons its strategy of delay, evasion, and noncompliance and promptly and strictly complies with all relevant Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq."


Which is the red tape version of saying "invade." How could they possibly negotiate with Iraq about an extremist group they have no control over? That's like Iraq negotiating with us about the KKK. It would never happen. They were just legitimizing military action.

The resolution authorized President Bush to use the Armed Forces of the United States "as he determines to be necessary and appropriate" in order to "defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq; and enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions regarding Iraq."

Again, Iraq did NOT attack us. Al Qaeda did. They used the attack as an excuse to invade Iraq and everyone fully supported it.
 
Who's Obama?
 
He hasn't lived up to his policy of transparency, so in my book, has failed on almost all levels.
 
I don't put much faith in any politicians promises so I chose the sort of option. I still feel that after the smoke clears at the end of his term that he will have accomplished most of agenda that I felt was important when I voted for him.
 
What amazes me about this president is...Even with all of his eloquence and butterfly twaddle, he can sit down with the common man and have a beer. I think the Beer Summit will go down in history as a profound and substantial contribution of the Obama administration much the same way as the Bay of Pigs for Kennedy and the Berlin Wall for Reagan...IF it doesn't completely dwarf them both. Only history will tell...It does show a make it happen spirit that offers extreme potential to an already robust and forthright administration...
 
What amazes me about this president is...Even with all of his eloquence and butterfly twaddle, he can sit down with the common man and have a beer. I think the Beer Summit will go down in history as a profound and substantial contribution of the Obama administration much the same way as the Bay of Pigs for Kennedy and the Berlin Wall for Reagan...IF it doesn't completely dwarf them both. Only history will tell...It does show a make it happen spirit that offers extreme potential to an already robust and forthright administration...
 
What amazes me about this president is...Even with all of his eloquence and butterfly twaddle, he can sit down with the common man and have a beer. I think the Beer Summit will go down in history as a profound and substantial contribution of the Obama administration much the same way as the Bay of Pigs for Kennedy and the Berlin Wall for Reagan...IF it doesn't completely dwarf them both. Only history will tell...It does show a make it happen spirit that offers extreme potential to an already robust and forthright administration...
 
What amazes me about this president is...Even with all of his eloquence and butterfly twaddle, he can sit down with the common man and have a beer.

that amazes you?
 
On foreign policy Obama has broke more promises than a gay promise keeper in a San Francisco bath house.

And thank God for that.
 
that amazes you?

No, I'm just having some fun. I really hope though that Obama can get a grip and work with the Repubs on real change but it's not looking that way with all of the pantsh**ters that he has hanging around his administration.
 
He has had 200+ days, can someone point out for me one campaign promise he has kept ?
 
What specifically did he promise, and what specifically did he do ?

Links maybe ? to both promise and action ?
 
Hasn't quite completed the action part, has he ?

On January 22, 2009, President Obama stated that he ordered the government to suspend prosecutions of Guantanamo Bay detainees for 120 days in order to review all the detainees' cases to determine whether and how each detainee should be prosecuted. A day later, Obama signed an executive order stating that Guantanamo Detention Camp would be closed within the year.[9][187] His plan encountered a setback, however, when incoming officials of his administration discovered that there were no comprehensive files concerning many of the detainees, so that merely assembling the available evidence about them could take weeks or months.[188] In May, Obama announced that the prosecutions would be revived [4]

Is there a detainee at Gitmo right now ? Then is it closed ?
 
Hasn't quite completed the action part, has he ?



Is there a detainee at Gitmo right now ? Then is it closed ?

He signed an executive order that said within a year, not right this second. A year hasn't been quite completed, has it?
 
Hasn't quite completed the action part, has he ?
Is there a detainee at Gitmo right now ? Then is it closed ?

So we can discard this promise as yet unfulfilled.
 
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Any other attempts ? ? ?

PolitiFact | Sorting out the truth in politics

PolitiFact lists the tally at 41 campaign promises kept, 11 compromises, 7 broken, 91 in the works, and 354 no action.

Among those promises kept: Create a foreclosure prevention fund for homeowners, Establish a credit card bill of rights, Expand loan programs for small businesses, Send two additional brigades to Afghanistan.
 
Good site, thanks for the link.

So after reviewing the site a bit , I come up with :

512 promises made, and 41 kept, which equals 8%.

I reviewed some of the particulars, and there is probably a bit of fudge on both sides, but relatively objective overall.

Also, being objective, I have got to say that the ones he has kept are relatively small potatoes.
 
Good site, thanks for the link.

So after reviewing the site a bit , I come up with :

512 promises made, and 41 kept, which equals 8%.

I reviewed some of the particulars, and there is probably a bit of fudge on both sides, but relatively objective overall.

Also, being objective, I have got to say that the ones he has kept are relatively small potatoes.

For the most part, though there are some good ones there. The 7 he broke are pretty minor as well. If he continues on the pace he is going, he will keep about 60ish percent at the end of 4 years, which is not bad, at least compared to most presidents.
 
The 7 he broke are pretty minor as well.

I disagree most vociferously.

The "sunshine" policy of posting a law before signing it was a big deal, specifically to me, because it was a significant part of how Obama appealed to the centrists. The idea is so very common sense, that it appeals to American Voters of Either party or none. I think a big promise, to the middle, is an important one to follow through on, since the middle is who decides elections these days.

The No Lobbyists in the White House promise ? Pretty important to the "tenor" of the presidency he was promising. Promise thouroughly broken.

If he continues on the pace he is going, he will keep about 60ish percent at the end of 4 years, which is not bad, at least compared to most presidents.

That would only be true if he completely stopped making any promises right now. Do any of us think that ?
 
Given the system of government he has to work with and the on going situations right now you can't blame him. Clinton tried the same in 94 to sort health care but it was not his fault it failed.

Until America is ready to support a system where by a certain number of people are entitled to free health care the same issue will come round again.

In Scotland party's learn to put differences aside for common political good.
 
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