“I see, so your philosophy boils down to: S.S.D.P.”
No, that’s not my philosophy. Nor was it my point. I realize some people shut their brains off when they hear anything verging on SSDP, but please try to appreciate the finer disctinctions. Pause to consider who it is that would be hurt by Obama breaking his promises.
Whose camp is Obama in, anyway? To whom would Obama’s foreign policy appear no different from Bush’s (actually, it isn’t all that different objectively, but one group in particular can be counted upon to exaggerate)? That’s right, his own camp. Namely leftists. Obama will appear as no different than Bush TO THEM (just like the next Republicans in office will appear not different enough from Obama to us). They’re the ones you can count on to say, “He’s the one we’ve been waiting for, and all we got was this lousy expanded Afghan war, more wiretaps, gitmo still standing, nothing different in Iraq...”
You were saying that one ought not to promise what he can’t deliver. I was saying Obama has gone back on what he promised (or what he implied he was promising), but that it hasn’t hurt him. Why? First, and most importantly, because it got him elected. Secondly, because his implied campaign pledges were stupid. Thirdly, and this is more to the point, people forget. So long as you can govern well (and Obama can’t, but that’s a different story), you need not fulfill every promise.
This is an old, old lesson. If repudiating healthcare is a good enough campaign slogan, Republicans should use it, even if it cannot be done anytime soon. Once they’re in power, they’ll be judged on their own merits, and no one will be marching in the streets chanting “What about eliminating the preexisting conditions clause?” They’ll forget.
Sorry again not interested.
My philosophy in life is fairly simple. "Say what you are going to do, do what you said you would." All the rest no matter how one parses it is lies. To many lies in Washington now. We need less lies and more truth and adherence to the Constitution. And Promising something that is Constitutionally impossible is definitely S.S.D.P.
Now if you want to run on the promise you will bring the measure to the House and Senate Floors (If they get control of each that is) then such is all well and good. They would be able to keep that promise. Promising passage though is bullshit and both you and I know it!