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  • Presidential Promises and Pretenses

    02/03/2010 5:44:37 AM PST · by Kaslin · 3 replies · 215+ views
    Townhall.com ^ | February 3, 2010 | Jacob Sullum
    The day before President Obama delivered his State of the Union Address last week, The New York Times reported that "aides said he would accept responsibility, though not necessarily blame" for failing to deliver on promises he made during his campaign. If you accept responsibility for something bad, aren't you accepting blame by definition? Not if you're Barack Obama, who has a talent for accepting responsibility while minimizing and deflecting it. "With all the lobbying and horse trading, the process (for producing health care legislation) left most Americans wondering, 'What's in it for me?'" Obama said in his SOTU speech....