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No President in living memory has entered office with a greater
amount of goodwill and broad, bi-partisan support than Barack
Obama. And few Presidents in living memory had arrived in
Washington proclaiming such dramatically articulated vows to change
the tone of politics, to usher in an era of post-partisanship in an
effort to rally the nation behind his plan of enacting an ambitious
program of social and economic change. He vowed to enact a broad
bi-partisan agenda for health care reform, energy transformation,
economic revitalization, job growth and restoration of America's
standing in the world.
And no President in living memory has more quickly and more
completely abandoned his promises.
He enacted a health care plan that far more resembled plans he had
bitterly criticized his opponents for supporting rather than the
one his campaign outlined
His promised job growth through economic stimulus measures drove
up the unemployment rate to double digits leading to millions of
job losses
His vows to restore fiscal probity resulted in the most ruinous
deficits and public debt in U.S. history
He 'green energy' program collapsed into a cesspool of crony
political favoritism
His vows to restore relations with hostile nations like Iran and
North Korea had only deepened those nations' disdain for
America
Despite his harsh criticisms, Obama adopted nearly every plank in
the Bush-era anti-terror policy
His promise to restore science to its rightful place resulted in
the most rigidly inflexible program of ideological extremism in
modern memory
Even more noteworthy was the fact that the new era of
post-partisanship he had vowed to create in Washington resulted in
the worst political gridlock in living memory. This book examines
in detail hundreds of campaign promises Obama made while running
for President, contrasting those with the record of failure and
broken promises left in his wake. It is a story that has received
too little attention - until now.
No President in living memory has entered office with a greater
amount of goodwill and broad, bi-partisan support than Barack
Obama. And few Presidents in living memory had arrived in
Washington proclaiming such dramatically articulated vows to change
the tone of politics, to usher in an era of post-partisanship in an
effort to rally the nation behind his plan of enacting an ambitious
program of social and economic change. He vowed to enact a broad
bi-partisan agenda for health care reform, energy transformation,
economic revitalization, job growth and restoration of America's
standing in the world.
And no President in living memory has more quickly and more
completely abandoned his promises.
He enacted a health care plan that far more resembled plans he had
bitterly criticized his opponents for supporting rather than the
one his campaign outlined
His promised job growth through economic stimulus measures drove
up the unemployment rate to double digits leading to millions of
job losses
His vows to restore fiscal probity resulted in the most ruinous
deficits and public debt in U.S. history
He 'green energy' program collapsed into a cesspool of crony
political favoritism
His vows to restore relations with hostile nations like Iran and
North Korea had only deepened those nations' disdain for
America
Despite his harsh criticisms, Obama adopted nearly every plank in
the Bush-era anti-terror policy
His promise to restore science to its rightful place resulted in
the most rigidly inflexible program of ideological extremism in
modern memory
Even more noteworthy was the fact that the new era of
post-partisanship he had vowed to create in Washington resulted in
the worst political gridlock in living memory. This book examines
in detail hundreds of campaign promises Obama made while running
for President, contrasting those with the record of failure and
broken promises left in his wake. It is a story that has received
too little attention - until now.
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