President Obama A+ on campaign promises

President Obama has not broken one major campaign promises he made before the election, regardless if you are liberal, conservative, Democrat or Republican. Most Americans were tired of the war; the recession had not yet hit and we were not listening, all anyone heard was hope and change. President Obama has kept his word.

Remember Joe the Plumber; in the course of the conversation, Obama said, “I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody." Now in the healthcare debate who will pay for it? The taxes will be on rich then they will pass it on to us. You can call it whatever you want to but it is class warfare.

On the campaign trail Obama said, “I’m in this race not just to hold office, but to gather with you to transform a nation.” No one thought the change he referred to was socialism.

Obama said; “But another way of looking at it is 95% of folks who are making less than 250, they may be working hard too, but they’re being taxed at a higher rate than they would be under mine”. The 95% that make less than $250,000 a year will not have their taxes go up, but the big evil corporations will. They will pass the cost on to the hard working Americans.

On his energy policy he was ask about building coal-powered plants, he said; “It’s just that it will bankrupt them because they’re going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted. So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can.” Energy prices will skyrocket and kill the US economy by sending jobs overseas to countries such as Mexico and China according to our own government studies.

Obama also said; “Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this Presidency”. The definition of transparency is to see through. The Obama administration has taken it to the next level, Invisibility.

On a new way of doing business in Washington Obama said, “It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington.” December 21, 2009 Congressman Peter DeFazio told The Hill in an interview, Obama himself has taken notice. Obama said, “Don’t think we’re not keeping score, brother” in that closed-door meeting of the House Democratic Caucus According to member’s afterward. The fundamental change is the Chicago style of government. We have seen bribes, threats, and intimidation used to pass the Obama agenda.

Did President Obama spell out what he would do once in office? Yes, the majority of Americans did not take him at his word and now we are all hoping for a change. Welcome to Obama Land home of the oppressed and downtrodden.

Bill Thresher, One of the Oppressed and Downtrodden