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Originally Posted by dude1394
I want leadership to have some integrity. That means saying what they mean and doing what they say.
When they campaign I want to get a sense of what they stand for. I did in theOne's case but not from his campaigning rhetoric but from his previous record. Obviously no one else knows what the heck he said either, since he'll just change it once elected.
He rakes his opponent over the coals for proposing to tax health care benefits but less than 50+ days he's floating it out there. WITHOUT the corresponding tax credit(of course). Just collecting more taxes so he can spend it to buy more votes... You call this re-thinking his position... I call it a lack of integrity. There hasn't been any sort of catastrophe that should cause him to change his position...just theOne coming back to roost.
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you need to re-read the story. obama is not the one "floating it out there", it's congressmen. obama's administration said that they would be willing to look at the tax if it is a part of a broader set of policies.
just another case of not looking squarely at the facts but rather a knee jerk response against everything obama...
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What it appears to me is that his statements don't mean squat..as he's so busy running his mouth that you can't believe what will come out next. Except when there's a new tax and more money for him to distribute...at the end of the day that will be what comes out of his mouth.
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see above.
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I want to rein in earmarks (excuse me while I sign this bill loaded with them, we'll do it next time, trust me).
I want to rein in the budget (excuse me while I triple the deficit and set up the guvment to spend a higher percentage of gdp than any president in history, we'll ...aw crap..we'll do nothing).
I want a stimulus to jump start the economy (excuse me while I push my liberal agenda using the economy as the political hammer..."wouldn't want to waste a good crisis you know", oh and the stimulus won't do a damn thing until 2-3 years from now..but..well...can't waste a good crisis dontcha know).
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let's see, he signed the spending bill while he also put forth rules to stop the same earmark situation in the future.
the proposed budgets will decrease the spending level over the next 4 years, and he has already started processes to stop government largesse such as no bid contracts.
so yes, he is trying to curtail many of the ills, but apparently what you want is for him to waive a magic wand to solve the problems and prevent congress from doing things such as earmarks.
that wand doesn't exist.