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Originally Posted by TheDoc
What hasn't he done that he said he would? I agree it's not perfect, but overall he's doing what he said he would.
Promise Kept 116
Compromise 35
Promise Broken 19
Stalled 82
In the Works 250
Not yet rated 3
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/
19 broken promise's so far.. that's rather nail on if you ask me. |
During the campaign he said some very specific things that seemed to resonate during the debates:
He said he would speak directly with our enemies. That it didn't make any sense to isolate them and NOT talk to them. That it was a failed policy that hadn't worked in half a century. Hell, that made sense to me. Why not? And of course he fell right in line when he became president and never did that.
He said he was going to bring home the troops. That our troops over there made no sense anymore. A LOT of people got excited about that. Of course he changed course when he became prez.
Not real interested in what any of us think about the reasoning behind it. Fact is, he campaigned on these kinds of things...you know real CHANGE. I voted for him on that basis. He SOUNDED like somebody who made common sense and was going to actually do something.
When you campaign on some big issues like that and then turn around and do a bail out for banks and pretend that health care was your major issue during the campaign...that's just lying.
In hindsight he appears to have been a terrific campaigner, a complete non-starter on "change", and a below average leader.
Of course, I voted for Bush too. So I'm 2 for 2 now.
