Obama's Promise

[Glockster]

From the inaugural address, January 20, 2009:

"...America has carried on....because we the people have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebears, and true to our founding fathers. So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans."

And so it shall be with the Constitution and its 2nd Amendment. Let us vow to never let the president or his minions forget his own promise.

 

[WHAT HAPPENED]

President Obama’s Promises | All American Blogger

Note: This list WILL be updated with promises kept or broken

Foreign Policy

Close Guantanamo Bay - June 2007
“Unrestricted rights” regarding travel and money remittances to Cuba - August 2007
Stand firm against CAFTA - August 2007
Remove all troops from Iraq - October 2007 - Broken December 2008 (thanks to Todd P!)
Face-to-face talks with Iran - November 2007
Amend NAFTA - December 2007
No action against Iran without Congressional approval - December 2007
Get our troops out by end of 2009 - January 2008
No permanent bases in Iraq - January 2008
Unshakable support for Israel - May 2008
Giving Israel $30 billion in aid - June 2008
Switching focus to Pakistan - July 2008
Switching focus to Afghanistan - July 2008

Domestic Policy

Universal health care by end of first term - May 2007
Ethics reform (restrictions on lobbying) - June 2007 - Kept November 2008
Merit pay for teachers - July 2007
Sign Freedom of Choice Act - July 2007
Net neutrality - October 2007
Lobbyists “won’t work in my White House” - December 2007 - Broken January 2009 (thanks to Rusty S!)
Health care benefits for vets - December 2007
Financial aid to homeowners ($10 billion) - January 2008
Credit card bill of rights - January 2008
Will create searchable earmarks website - February 2008
No public financing - February 2008 - Broken October 2008
Small business support - February 2008
Dedication to homosexual activity (don’t read this the wrong way ;-D) - March 2008
Gay employment bill - April 2008
Raise cap on payroll tax for 3% of earners over $102,000 - April 2008
Raise $97K cap on payroll tax exempting earnings under $250K - April 2008
Roll back Bush tax cuts - April 2008 - In jeopardy November 2008 (thanks to Rusty S!)
Regulating oil industry (Enron loop) - June 2008
Helping college student loans (a $4,000 tax credit to help pay tuition and fees in exchange for 100 hours of community service. The campaign said the program would cost $10 billion a year) - June 2008
$10 billion for early childhood education - June 2008
10% “universal mortgage credit” to homeowners who don’t itemize on their tax return - June 2008
$150 billion a year for ten years to reduce dependency on foreign oil - June 2008
Give American mayors more spending (”National Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank” at a cost of $60 billion over 10 years) - June 2008
Windfall profits tax - July 2008 - Broken December 2008 (thanks to Steve!)
No NASA cuts - August 2008
1 Million Plug-in Hybrids by 2015 - August 2008
Shuttle after 2010 - August 2008
$1000 energy rebates - August 2008
Will go line by line to check for unnecessary spending - September 2008
Tax cuts for 95% of Americans, anyone under $75,000 October 2008
Not a single tax increase for Americans making under $250,000 - October 2008
Raise minimum wage to $9.50 - November 2008
2.5 million jobs by January 2011 - November 2008
Appoint Republicans to Cabinet - November 2008 - Kept December 2008 (thanks to Stubie!)
No smoking in White House - December 2008
Taxes done in less than five minutes - No date

 

[Nathan]

personally, i don't believe a word that comes out of his mouth. whether it be foreign relations or domestic contraversy. he just tells "his People" what they want to hear.

 

[Glockster]

The difference is, all those other things were spoken by a candidate. My quote was spoken by the President of the United States. Big difference. Like they say, let's hope the office molds the man.

 

[WHAT HAPPENED]

PolitiFact | The Obameter: Tracking Barack Obama's Campaign Promises

 

[WHAT HAPPENED]

The difference is, all those other things were spoken by a candidate. My quote was spoken by the President of the United States. Big difference. Like they say, let's hope the office molds the man.

Yes you are right about that, but we/you vote for a candidate at the time of the election, on what HE/SHE Says.... Not after the fact.... And the office is going to hold him back on every promise he has made... and it is going to be great