Promises, Promises
2008 Campaign Promises . . lead us to . . 2009 Reality
Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preaching fear
Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Same old — same old
Openness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personal control of the census
Transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Murk, smoke and mirrors
Honesty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lies out the wazoo, Potemkin press conferences
Responsible government . . . . . . . . . . Refusal to accept responsibility
Compassion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cluelessness
Caring for ordinary Americans . . . . . . . Let them eat steak
Bipartisanship . . . . . . . . . . . . . “I won”, fingerpointing
Taxes as a form of Patriotism . . . . . . . Tax cheats (or just doofuses?)
Tax cuts for 95% of Americans . . . . . . . $13 a week
Spread the wealth around . . . . . . . . . Cap private sector salaries
No torture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Washing his hands
Close Gitmo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Well, maybe not
End military tribunals . . . . . . . . . . . . Chaos
Fixing government . . . . . . . . . . . . Ignoring the Constitution
Feeding the little people . . . . . . . . . . Feeding the usual porkers
Respect for faith-based charity . . . . . . . Only if you give up your religion
Stop the rise of the oceans,heal the planet . . . Ummmm, still thinking . . .
Mature, responsible leadership . . . . . Out of his depth? Or just plain evil?
And to sum up … as O said to George Stephanopolous:
“It is more difficult than I think a lot of people realise”
Sh’ya, ya got that right, O Cluelesss Leader. A big ole’ shout-out to my blogroll for helping me assemble this mess. Please patronize them.