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In reply to the discussion: Obama's terrorism speech: seeing what you want to see [View all]woo me with science
(32,139 posts)14. Oh, that's funny.
Obama promising he will not propose cuts in Social Security
Obama promising he will require a Public Option in any new health legislation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=acc6Wn_BWlk
Obama promising not to use signing statements "to nullify or undermine congressional instructions as enacted into law."
Obama promising not to hire lobbyists in his administration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=HWZsrtYon7s
Other promises in speeches:
"The first thing I will do as President will be to reverse the illegal and unconstitutional aspects of the Patriot Act, with the stroke of my pen."
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Very Rovian and not true. Those on the left and the right* didn't hear what they wanted to hear.
CJCRANE
May 2013
#5
And we are *still* below where we started, and the wealth gap continues to *increase,* not decrease.
woo me with science
May 2013
#40
K&R A long time ago I believed in Obama's speeches. No more. The only ones he
forestpath
May 2013
#7
I like what I see in the Obama presidency and would vote for him over someone parroting Greenwald...
Pragdem
May 2013
#9
If a candidate almost identical to Obama were to run against someone almost identical to Greenwald..
Pragdem
May 2013
#18
UN Lawyer Leading Drone Inquiry Calls Obama Speech 'Significant' and 'Historic'
ProSense
May 2013
#15
An Internet blogger/columnist has more credibility than a human rights lawyer for the UN.
Pragdem
May 2013
#21
E - V - E - R - Y - O - N - E sees what they want to see. Some of us are just more honest about
patrice
May 2013
#30
The problem with the President's hollow rhetoric is each time he backtracks, he...
Poll_Blind
May 2013
#42