Now, Obama Tells Us?

The Bulletin ^ | Friday, March 13, 2009 | Victor Davis Hanson

[curth]

Imagine that last fall before being elected, Barack Obama had outlined the positions he has embraced since being inaugurated as president. An honest campaign speech could have gone something like this:

“As we approach Election Day, the American people should not waste the crisis we find ourselves in.

“Consequently, if elected, I promise to get us over the Bush financial meltdown with a stimulus program that will borrow $787 billion — which, of course, will add to the already sizable budget deficit (nearly $500 billion) projected in the Bush administration's last budget.

“By March of next year, my new $3.6 trillion budget will include a spending bill with over 8,500 budget earmarks to target in-need constituents.

“In addition to the stimulus/borrowing plan, I intend to devote $634 billion to fund a new supplementary national health care system. But that is not all. Unfortunately, the initial Bush bank bailout of some $700 billion also may well have to be augmented by an additional $750 billion.

“Although my new spending proposals may raise the federal deficit in my first year to $1.75 trillion, I promise the American people that by the end of my first term, I will halve the federal deficit — albeit adding another $3 to $5 trillion to the national debt.

“Those savings can be accomplished by upping the federal income tax to about 40 percent on those rich 5 percent of Americans who currently pay only 60 percent of our aggregate income taxes — as well as lifting Social Security caps on their payroll taxes and cutting out many of their tax deductions.

“With state income taxes, federal income tax, Social Security and payroll taxes, along with new cutbacks in deductions, some of these rich will pay over 60 percent of their incomes in taxes.

[bergmeid]

Goes to show what a lying bastard he was.

[elk]

Where's that FReeper with the "Aw, geeze, not this **** again" picture, when you need him?

Content of CHARACTER, folks, matters. Not the race of an individual. Race does not trump character. Wasn't anyone listening to MLK's speech?

[IbJensen]

But if Obomba told the suckers who voted for him the truth he wouldn't have been able to shove the Obomba Manifesto down their throats.

Just like Rahm said "We can't let a crisis go to waste. The suckers will never know the difference."

Of course a tremendous debt is owed the Republicrat Party for foisting 'Poison Lite' McLame on us.

[bgill]

Of course a tremendous debt is owed the Republicrat Party for foisting 'Poison Lite' McLame on us.

Yeah, there was something funny going on back stage with that.