Like many things, this administration promised everything to everyone, even if they contradicted themselves on the campaign trail. “Transparency” was a popular buzz word at the time, so they threw that around too. When Iraq was uncool he said he would leave. When GITMO was uncool, he said he would close it........... All this guy did to win the highest office of the land was take every theme out there that was popular and say he supports it, and doesn't support anything unpopular. He essentially promised everyone everything from free college, health care, more money for AIDS research, more spending on science, education, all while cutting taxes on the middle class..... bla bla bla. He was for gun rights, and against them, for abortion, but against it, he though people that are religious are great and stupid, he thinks highly and less of small towns and fly over America all at the same time. Promise it all, take the side that 50.01% likes on all issues, and string together every buzz word known to man. Obama is the first regenerative, sustainable, green, organic, gender and orientation diverse, holistic, transparent, peace, love, happiness, hope, change, nuance, secular, religious, post racial, black, patriotic American, supra/international, bipartisan, President. If there was a buzzword, they used it. Of course "transparency" found it's way in there too.
Do you really think they will lower the taxes for the middle class? Reduce our deficit by half within a few years?........... lol Promise ANYTHING! Was it really even remotely possible to close GITMO and cut out from Iraq within a year without causing mayhem? Just throw some crap out there that sounds good and shows you have a plan.
The sad thing is that it worked, and no one, including the so called watch dog media asked if the positions and speeches of presidential candidate Obama even remotely appeared feasible. What does it say about an electorate if they vote for someone blatantly telling them lies but because they like what they hear, even if far removed from reality, they elect the guy?
The only question I really have is if America is smart enough to smell the rat and get pissed off about the lies they were sold by this used car salesman. The fact that he won't deliver, the fact that things are in a grotesque way getting worse economically, in national security, even socially, will it be reflected in the elections of 2010 and 2012, or will a pretty speech, a cool girl singing a song on Youtube, endorsements by Oprah and race trump all? Let's see.
“Modern American Liberals believe in freedom of speech only for liberal ideas.”
They ARE consistent buggerers...