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PEBO Reneges On Campaign Promises

Mike

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Or is it "Re-Nig"? Whodathunkit?
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Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama said reviving the U.S. economy will require scaling back on his campaign promises and personal sacrifice from all Americans.

“I want to be realistic here, not everything that we talked about during the campaign are we going to be able to do on the pace we had hoped,” Obama said in an interview on ABC’s “This Week” program broadcast this morning. “Everybody’s going to have to give.”

Obama also said in the interview recorded yesterday that he wants stricter guidelines and greater transparency in spending the remaining $350 billion in the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Obama takes office Jan. 20 and is pressing Congress to act quickly on a two-year economic stimulus plan of about $775 billion that includes new government spending and tax cuts. As part of his campaign to build support from lawmakers and the public, Obama has been speaking about the economy every day over the past week, warning of a deeper and more prolonged recession without government action.

Though some Democrats have resisted elements of Obama’s plan, recent economic data have helped him make his point. The Labor Department reported Jan. 9 that the U.S. lost almost 2.6 million jobs in 2008 and that the unemployment rate jumped to 7.2 percent in December, the highest level in almost 16 years. The losses were widespread, with manufacturers, builders, retailers and temporary-help agencies axing positions.
 
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Anonymous

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I think that after it became openly apparent how badly Bush had blew the economy down the tubes- all the candidates said they would have to cut back on many things they wanted to do and would need to prioritize...If I remember both McCain and Obama were asked in one of the debates what they would cut back on- and what they would put their number one priority- besides the economy....Obama repeated that his #1 priority would remain to guarantee everyone access to affordable health care- which Daschle, Baucus, Conrad, etal are already working on...
 

Sandhusker

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So you're telling us that conditions have changed appreciably since Obama's last campaign speech? You're making excuses for the guy.
 

Mahoney-Pursley Ranch

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Oldtimer said:
I think that after it became openly apparent how badly Bush had blew the economy down the tubes- all the candidates said they would have to cut back on many things they wanted to do and would need to prioritize...If I remember both McCain and Obama were asked in one of the debates what they would cut back on- and what they would put their number one priority- besides the economy....Obama repeated that his #1 priority would remain to guarantee everyone access to affordable health care- which Daschle, Baucus, Conrad, etal are already working on...



I didn't see G Dubs name anywhere in the above article. :roll:
 
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Anonymous

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Sandhusker said:
So you're telling us that conditions have changed appreciably since Obama's last campaign speech? You're making excuses for the guy.

Conditions are changing daily with the economy-- and like I predicted 3 years ago, will continue going in the tube for at least some time to come...

Most every economic report coming out anymore has a caveat with it saying the most/biggest/worst since "Great Depression era" or " in the last 40 years".....

Why do you think the debate announcer asked that question :???:

I have no problem with Obama prioritizing his campaign promises- or as conditions change- changing the direction he goes....That was one of the main problems with Bush-- he was so arrogant, bullheaded, and thought he could do no wrong- that he wouldn't/couldn't see the truth from his narrow minded perception- and change as conditions changed....
 

RobertMac

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OT said:
he was so arrogant, bullheaded, and thought he could do no wrong- that he wouldn't/couldn't see the truth from his narrow minded perception
Look in the mirror!!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMnSp4qEXNM&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usvG-s_Ssb0&feature=related
 
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