Thursday, January 07, 2010

Obama Breaking Campaign Promise?

Promises, promises...

Remember this one?

Or this one?

Or, perhaps, this one?

Critics are coming after President Barack Obama hard right now on what they say is his broken promise that he would openly televise the health care negotiations so the public could watch.

The website, http://www.hotair.com/, put together a bunch of clips from the campaign trail of Obama pledging openness on the issue. Watch them here:

What do you think? Fair or unfair? Be honest...

3 comments:

Lee said...

I guess the time isn't up yet. But it sure seems like he is breaking his promise. WTF, Mr. President?

desmoinesdem said...

Dave, that's the least of the campaign promises Obama has broken on health care.

He promised to fight for letting Medicare negotiate for lower drug prices, but that went out the window because of his backroom deal with PhRMA.

He promised to support drug re-importation, but that went out the window because of his backroom deal with PhRMA.

He said if you like the insurance you have, you can keep it--which won't be true if the excise tax gets in the final bill.

He said no one earning less than $250K a year would pay more in taxes, which won't be true if the excise tax gets in the final bill.

And of course, he said he would provide a public health insurance option--as of a week ago, that promise was still on the Organizing for America page about "the Obama plan."

Anonymous said...

What has happened to the people that said this is against the constitution. non of the senators nor congress persons have brought this up to be examined . What is happing to our country . hey took the oath to uphold the constitution and as it seems very treasonable acts are being commited. when is it going to stop?