Changes

==Abortion==

==Abortion==

:President [[Barack Hussein Obama]] lifts the [[Mexico]] City policy that prevented the use of [[U.S.]] taxpayers’ money from supporting [[family planning]] groups which perform, promote and <u>expand</u> [[abortion]]s. In addition, the budget Obama submitted to Congress urges the House and Senate to repeal a law called the Dornan amendment that has prevented tax-funded abortion in the District of Columbia for many years.<ref>[http://www.lifenews.com/nat5031.html President Obama's New Budget Calls for Tax-Funded Abortions in Nation's Capital] LifeNews.com, May 7, 2009</ref>  

:[[Barack Hussein Obama]] lifts the [[Mexico]] City policy that prevented the use of [[U.S.]] taxpayers’ money from supporting [[family planning]] groups which perform, promote and <u>expand</u> [[abortion]]s. In addition, the budget Obama submitted to Congress urges the House and Senate to repeal a law called the Dornan amendment that has prevented tax-funded abortion in the District of Columbia for many years.<ref>[http://www.lifenews.com/nat5031.html President Obama's New Budget Calls for Tax-Funded Abortions in Nation's Capital] LifeNews.com, May 7, 2009</ref>  

:Obama approves the Omnibus spending bill which gave $50 million dollars to the UN Population Fund. This fund helps provide coerced abortions in China. In addition, addressing the [[U.N.]], Obama has called for universal access to abortion.<ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/abortion_access_obama/2009/07/02/231524.html Obama Administration Calls for Universal Access to Abortion at U.N. Meeting] NewsMax, July 2, 2009</ref>

:Obama approves the Omnibus spending bill which gave $50 million dollars to the UN Population Fund. This fund helps provide coerced abortions in China. In addition, addressing the [[United Nations]], Obama has called for universal access to abortion.<ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/abortion_access_obama/2009/07/02/231524.html Obama Administration Calls for Universal Access to Abortion at U.N. Meeting] NewsMax, July 2, 2009</ref>

:LifeSite News has compiled a list of Obama bills, speeches and appointments proving his only agenda is promoting more abortions.<ref>[http://www.lifenews.com/obamaabortionrecord.html President Barack Obama's Pro-Abortion Record: A Pro-Life Compilation, Lifesitenews.com, May 24, 2009]</ref>

:LifeSite News has compiled a list of Obama bills, speeches and appointments proving his only agenda is promoting more abortions.<ref>[http://www.lifenews.com/obamaabortionrecord.html President Barack Obama's Pro-Abortion Record: A Pro-Life Compilation, Lifesitenews.com, May 24, 2009]</ref>

==Lobbyists==

==Lobbyists==

:President-elect Obama's transition cabinet includes over 40 registered [[lobbyist]]s. After saying that lobbyists would be mostly barred from working in the Obama White House, the administration still hasn't disclosed how many lobbyists made their way into top posts.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/10/obama-administration-struggling-live-transparency-pledges/ Obama Administration Struggling to Live Up to Transparency Pledges] Fox News, March 10, 2009</ref>

:Obama's transition cabinet includes over 40 registered [[lobbyist]]s. After saying that lobbyists would be mostly barred from working in the Obama-occupied White House, the administration still hasn't disclosed how many lobbyists made their way into top posts.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/10/obama-administration-struggling-live-transparency-pledges/ Obama Administration Struggling to Live Up to Transparency Pledges] Fox News, March 10, 2009</ref>

:President Barack Obama’s ban on lobbyist contributions will limit the haul from fundraising dinners to congressional Democrats, but organizers have found a way around it: a morning-after event at the same hotel where lobbyists — and their money — will be welcomed with open arms.<ref>[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0609/23872.html Democrats dodge ban on cash from lobbyists] Politico, June 18, 2009</ref>

:Barack Obama’s ban on lobbyist contributions will limit the haul from fundraising dinners to congressional Democrats, but organizers have found a way around it: a morning-after event at the same hotel where lobbyists — and their money — will be welcomed with open arms.<ref>[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0609/23872.html Democrats dodge ban on cash from lobbyists] Politico, June 18, 2009</ref>

''“Your voices should speak louder than the whispers of lobbyists.”'' said Senator Obama.

''“Your voices should speak louder than the whispers of lobbyists.”'' said then-Senator Obama.

''“I don’t take a dime of their [lobbyist] money, '''and when I am president, they won’t find a job in my White House.''' They will not fund my party, they will not run our White House, and they will not drown out the voice of the [[American]] people when I am president of the United States of America." (Sunlen Miller, "Obama Commends DNC For Cutting Lobbyist Contributions," ABC News' "Political Radar" Blog, 6/5/08)''

''“I don’t take a dime of their [lobbyist] money, '''and when I am president, they won’t find a job in my White House.''' They will not fund my party, they will not run our White House, and they will not drown out the voice of the [[American]] people when I am president of the United States of America." (Sunlen Miller, "Obama Commends DNC For Cutting Lobbyist Contributions," ABC News' "Political Radar" Blog, 6/5/08)''

''"Yesterday, [[John McCain]] actually said that if he's president that he'll take on, and I quote, "the old boys network in Washington." Now I'm not making this up. This is somebody who's been in [[Congress]] for twenty-six years, who put seven of the most powerful Washington lobbyists in charge of his [[campaign]]. And now he tells us that he's the one who's gonna take on the old boys network. The old boys network? In the McCain campaign that's called a staff meeting. Come, on!"''

''"Yesterday, [[John McCain]] actually said that if he's president that he'll take on, and I quote, "the old boys network in Washington." Now I'm not making this up. This is somebody who's been in [[Congress]] for twenty-six years, who put seven of the most powerful Washington lobbyists in charge of his [[campaign]]. And now he tells us that he's the one who's gonna take on the old boys network. The old boys network? In the McCain campaign that's called a staff meeting. Come, on!"''

''"Sen. McCain bragged about how as chairman of the Commerce Committee in the [[Senate]], he had oversight of every part of the economy. Well, all I can say to Sen. McCain is, "Nice job. Nice job." Where is he getting these lines? The lobbyists running his campaign? ... I'm not making this up, you can't make this up. It's like a 'Saturday Night Live' routine."''

''"Sen. McCain bragged about how as chairman of the Commerce Committee in the [[Senate]], he had oversight of every part of the economy. Well, all I can say to Sen. McCain is, "Nice job. Nice job." Where is he getting these lines? The lobbyists running his campaign? ... I'm not making this up, you can't make this up. It's like a ''Saturday Night Live'' routine."''

''""The executive order on ethics I will sign shortly represents a clean break from business as usual. As of today, lobbyists will be subject to stricter limits than under any other administration in history. If you are a lobbyist entering my administration, you will not be able to work on matters you lobbied on, or in the agencies you lobbied during the previous two years. When you leave government, you will not be able to lobby my administration for as long as I am president."''

''""The executive order on ethics I will sign shortly represents a clean break from business as usual. As of today, lobbyists will be subject to stricter limits than under any other administration in history. If you are a lobbyist entering my administration, you will not be able to work on matters you lobbied on, or in the agencies you lobbied during the previous two years. When you leave government, you will not be able to lobby my administration for as long as I am president."''

==Surge==

==Surge==

:The [[Iraqi]] surge was a complete success approved by [[President Bush]]. For which [[president-elect]] Obama said ''“Now, '''I had no doubt''' — and I said at the time, when I opposed the surge, that given how wonderfully our troops perform, '''if we place 30,000 more troops in there, then we would see an improvement in the security situation and we would see a reduction in the [[violence]].”'' '''

:The [[Iraqi]] surge was a complete success approved by President [[George W. Bush]], for which Obama said ''“Now, '''I had no doubt''' — and I said at the time, when I opposed the surge, that given how wonderfully our troops perform, '''if we place 30,000 more troops in there, then we would see an improvement in the security situation and we would see a reduction in the [[violence]].”'' '''

''“I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq is going to solve the sectarian violence there in fact I think it will do the reverse. I think it takes pressuire off the Iraqis to arrive at the sort of political accommodation that every observer believes is the ultimate solution to the problems we face there. So I am going to actively oppose the president’s proposal… I think he is wrong.”''

''“I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq is going to solve the sectarian violence there in fact I think it will do the reverse. I think it takes pressure off the Iraqis to arrive at the sort of political accommodation that every observer believes is the ultimate solution to the problems we face there. So I am going to actively oppose the president’s proposal… I think he is wrong.”''

''"Here’s what we know. '''The surge has not worked'''. And they said today, ‘Well, even in September, we’re going to need more time.’ So we’re going to kick this can all the way down to the next president, under the president’s plan."''

''"Here’s what we know. '''The surge has not worked'''. And they said today, ‘Well, even in September, we’re going to need more time.’ So we’re going to kick this can all the way down to the next president, under the president’s plan."''

==Earmarks==

==Earmarks==

:President Obama plans to sign the $410 billion dollar fiscal budget that contains more than 9000 earmarks. Obama took a no-earmark pledge on the campaign trail.

:Obama plans to sign the $410 billion dollar fiscal budget that contains more than 9000 earmarks. Obama took a no-earmark pledge on the campaign trail.

''""we passed the recovery plan free of earmarks"''

''""we passed the recovery plan free of earmarks"''

==Change==

==Change==

:Barack Hussein Obama's campaign for the President had been built on the theme of change. He often alludes to and paints a portrait of 'change' for the masses.  Leon Panetta is Obama’s pick for the CIA, chief of staff under Bill Clinton. [[Robert Reich]] is Obama’s economy guru, was Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton. [[Rahm Emanuel]] is Obama’s chief of staff, was a senior adviser under Bill Clinton. [[Eric Holder]] is the Attorney General, was deputy Attorney General under Bill Clinton. Carol Browner is Obama’s global warming czar, she ran the EPA under Bill Clinton. Susan Rice is Obama’s pick for the UN, was an assistant Secretary of State under Bill Clinton. Nominating Neal Wolin to be deputy treasury secretary, a former Clinton department's general counsel. Nominated Lael Brainard, a Clinton-era official. Nominated Harold Koh for State Department’s legal adviser, former Clinton administration official. 7th Circuit Court nominee David F. Hamilton, former Clinton appointed judge. William Lynn is Obama's defense secretary, was the Pentagon comptroller of the [[Clinton administration]]. Michele Flournoy for under secretary of defense for policy, former principal deputy assistant defense secretary under Bill Clinton. Robert Hale is named comptoller, was former assistant secretary of the Air Force under Bill Clinton. Jeh Johnson is Defense Department general counsel, former Air Force general counsel under Clinton. Nominated David Hayes No.2 job at Interior Dept., held same job under Bill Clinton. Rosa Brooks is senior advisor to the Pentagon, was senior adviser to the State Department under Bill Clinton. George Mitchell is the U.S. envoy to the Middle East, was Special Envoy for Northern Ireland under Bill Clinton. [[Joe Biden]], [[Tom Daschle]], Paul Volcker, and even [[David Axelrod]], all longtime Bill Clinton Washington insiders. William Michael Daley served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President Bill Clinton, chief of staff under Obama. Gene Sperling was NEC director under Bill Clinton, Director of Economic Council for Obama.

:Barack Hussein Obama's campaign for the President had been built on the theme of "change". He often alludes to and paints a portrait of "change" for the masses.  Leon Panetta is Obama’s pick for the CIA, chief of staff under Bill Clinton. [[Robert Reich]] is Obama’s economy guru, was Secretary of Labor under [[Bill Clinton]]. [[Rahm Emanuel]] is Obama’s chief of staff, was a senior adviser under Bill Clinton. [[Eric Holder]] is the Attorney General, was deputy Attorney General under Bill Clinton. Carol Browner is Obama’s "global warming" czar, she ran the EPA under Bill Clinton. Susan Rice is Obama’s pick for the UN, was an assistant Secretary of State under Bill Clinton. Nominating Neal Wolin to be deputy treasury secretary, a former Clinton department's general counsel. Nominated Lael Brainard, a Clinton-era official. Nominated Harold Koh for State Department’s legal adviser, former Clinton administration official. 7th Circuit Court nominee David F. Hamilton, former Clinton appointed judge. William Lynn is Obama's defense secretary, was the Pentagon comptroller of the [[Clinton administration]]. Michele Flournoy for under secretary of defense for policy, former principal deputy assistant defense secretary under Bill Clinton. Robert Hale is named comptoller, was former assistant secretary of the Air Force under Bill Clinton. Jeh Johnson is Defense Department general counsel, former Air Force general counsel under Clinton. Nominated David Hayes No.2 job at Interior Dept., held same job under Bill Clinton. Rosa Brooks is senior advisor to the Pentagon, was senior adviser to the State Department under Bill Clinton. George Mitchell is the U.S. envoy to the Middle East, was Special Envoy for Northern Ireland under Bill Clinton. [[Joe Biden]], [[Tom Daschle]], Paul Volcker, and even [[David Axelrod]], all longtime Bill Clinton Washington insiders. William Michael Daley served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President Bill Clinton, chief of staff under Obama. Gene Sperling was NEC director under Bill Clinton, Director of Economic Council for Obama.

''“The change we need doesn’t come from Washington, it comes to Washington.”''

''“The change we need doesn’t come from Washington, it comes to Washington.”''

==Transparency==

==Transparency==

:Obama and senior Democrats have been telling the American people that this will be the 'most transparent' government in history. The exact opposite is the situation America finds itself in. Candidate Obama made a calculated policy to withhold information, to be secret like no other candidate before him.  Instances of information withheld [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/18969.html][http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/12/obama-gore-1.html][http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_97/news/32883-1.html][http://www.barackobamaon.com/index.php/articles/280-barack-obama-quotes][http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3093534][http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/05/cameras-barred-bidens-speech-afl-cio/][http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/03/03/solis-meets-with-workers-in-first-public-appearance/][http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=44549][http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/22/obama.henry/][http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/23/obama-spokesmans-debut-marked-by-discord/][http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17831.html][http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17833.html][http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45&aid=157448][http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/19450_Page2.html][http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/03/obama-newspaper.html] [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/obama/chi-rahm-emanuel-profit-26-mar26,0,5682373.story?page=2][http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=93194][http://michellemalkin.com/2009/04/07/a-school-choice-study-suppressed/][http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=31386][http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/27/obama-team-reverses-union-transparency/][http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2009/may/stimulus-transparency-hold][http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_12311481][http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/us_white_house_secrecy/2009/06/17/225751.html][http://www.newsweek.com/id/202875][http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Put-nothing-in-writing-Browner-told-auto-execs-on-secret-White-House-CAFE-talks-50260677.html][http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/01/white-house-disputes-criticism-town-hall-meeting-staged/][http://gawker.com/5311055/white-house-press-corps-spent-the-fourth-of-july-hanging-out-with-obama-off-the-record][http://michellemalkin.com/2009/07/22/knock-knock-whos-there-obamas-not-telling/]

:Obama and senior Democrats have been telling the American people that this will be the "most transparent" government in history. The exact opposite is the situation America finds itself in. Candidate Obama made a calculated policy to withhold information, to be secret like no other candidate before him.  Instances of information withheld [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/18969.html][http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/12/obama-gore-1.html][http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_97/news/32883-1.html][http://www.barackobamaon.com/index.php/articles/280-barack-obama-quotes][http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3093534][http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/05/cameras-barred-bidens-speech-afl-cio/][http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/03/03/solis-meets-with-workers-in-first-public-appearance/][http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=44549][http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/22/obama.henry/][http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/23/obama-spokesmans-debut-marked-by-discord/][http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17831.html][http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17833.html][http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45&aid=157448][http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/19450_Page2.html][http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/03/obama-newspaper.html] [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/obama/chi-rahm-emanuel-profit-26-mar26,0,5682373.story?page=2][http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=93194][http://michellemalkin.com/2009/04/07/a-school-choice-study-suppressed/][http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=31386][http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/27/obama-team-reverses-union-transparency/][http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2009/may/stimulus-transparency-hold][http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_12311481][http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/us_white_house_secrecy/2009/06/17/225751.html][http://www.newsweek.com/id/202875][http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Put-nothing-in-writing-Browner-told-auto-execs-on-secret-White-House-CAFE-talks-50260677.html][http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/01/white-house-disputes-criticism-town-hall-meeting-staged/][http://gawker.com/5311055/white-house-press-corps-spent-the-fourth-of-july-hanging-out-with-obama-off-the-record][http://michellemalkin.com/2009/07/22/knock-knock-whos-there-obamas-not-telling/]

''"Going forward, anytime the [[American people]] want to know something that I or a former president wants to withhold, we will have to consult with the Attorney General and the white house counsel, whose business it is to ensure compliance with the rule of law. '''Information will not be withheld just because I say so'''; it will be withheld because a separate authority believes my request is well-grounded in the Constitution. Let me say it as simply as I can: '''transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency'''"''

''"Going forward, anytime the [[American people]] want to know something that I or a former president wants to withhold, we will have to consult with the Attorney General and the white house counsel, whose business it is to ensure compliance with the rule of law. '''Information will not be withheld just because I say so'''; it will be withheld because a separate authority believes my request is well-grounded in the Constitution. Let me say it as simply as I can: '''transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency'''"''

==Taxes==

==Taxes==

:Despite Obama's campaign rhetoric, it is estimated that the permanent changes to tax law Obama signed totals a net tax hike of $618.7 billion. Obama has signed into law $7 in permanent tax hikes for every $1 in permanent tax cuts.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/08/group-disputes-obamas-assertion-didnt-raise-taxes Group Disputes Obama's Assertion That He Didn't Raise Taxes, Fox News, February 8, 2011]</ref>

:Despite Obama's campaign rhetoric, it is estimated that the permanent changes to tax law Obama signed totals a net tax hike of $618.7 billion. Obama has signed into law $7 in permanent tax hikes for every $1 in permanent tax cuts.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/08/group-disputes-obamas-assertion-didnt-raise-taxes Group Disputes Obama's Assertion That He Didn't Raise Taxes, Fox News, February 8, 2011]</ref>

:Just 16 days into his presidency, Obama signed into law a 156 percent increase in the federal excise tax on tobacco.<ref>http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/03/03/kerpen_obama_budget/</ref>

:Just 16 days into his regime, Obama signed into law a 156 percent increase in the federal excise tax on tobacco.<ref>http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/03/03/kerpen_obama_budget/</ref>

:July 2010, Obama imposed a new 10 percent excise tax on Caucasian Americans using indoor tanning salons.

:July 2010, Obama imposed a new 10 percent excise tax on Caucasian Americans using indoor tanning salons.

:January 2011 Healthcare Taxes. Additional tax on non-medical early withdrawals from Health Savings Accounts from 10 to 20 percent

:January 2011 Healthcare Taxes. Additional tax on non-medical early withdrawals from Health Savings Accounts from 10 to 20 percent

:January 2011. Healthcare Taxes. Flexible Spending Account Cap forces parents of special needs children to pay costly expenses after a $2,500. threshhold

:January 2011. Healthcare Taxes. Flexible Spending Account Cap forces parents of special needs children to pay costly expenses after a $2,500 threshold

:January 2013 Healthcare Taxes. Medical Itemized Deductions Cap is raised from 7.5% deductible to 10 percent

:January 2013 Healthcare Taxes. Medical Itemized Deductions Cap is raised from 7.5% deductible to 10 percent

==Hope==

==Hope==

:Like his use of 'change', Obama often talks about hope. After winning the presidency, a constant stream of negative financial statements have come from the White House. "Our economy is badly weakened", "We are experiencing an unprecedented, perhaps, economic crisis", "A bad situation could become dramatically worse", "The statistics every day underscore the urgency of the economic situation", "This is a continuing disaster for America's working families", "Rarely in history has our country faced economic problems as devastating as this crisis", "The economy is in desperate straits", "A failure to act, and act now, will turn crisis into a catastrophe." <ref>[http://ztruth.typepad.com/ztruth/2009/02/quote-from-president-obama-on-the-economy.html Quotes from President Obama on the economy] zTruth, February 5, 2009</ref>

:Like his use of "change", Obama often talks about hope. After winning the presidency, a constant stream of negative financial statements have come from the White House. "Our economy is badly weakened", "We are experiencing an unprecedented, perhaps, economic crisis", "A bad situation could become dramatically worse", "The statistics every day underscore the urgency of the economic situation", "This is a continuing disaster for America's working families", "Rarely in history has our country faced economic problems as devastating as this crisis", "The economy is in desperate straits", "A failure to act, and act now, will turn crisis into a catastrophe." <ref>[http://ztruth.typepad.com/ztruth/2009/02/quote-from-president-obama-on-the-economy.html Quotes from President Obama on the economy] zTruth, February 5, 2009</ref>

''"Hope – Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God’s greatest gift to us, the bedrock of this nation. A belief in things not seen. A belief that there are better days ahead"''

''"Hope – Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God’s greatest gift to us, the bedrock of this nation. A belief in things not seen. A belief that there are better days ahead"''

:Obama urges the end of divisive politics, "On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics."  

:Obama urges the end of divisive politics, "On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics."  

For the first 50 days of his presidency, the following appeared on the White House website, "President Obama will keep the broken promises made by President Bush..."

For the first 50 days of the Obama regime, the following appeared on the White House website, "President Obama will keep the broken promises made by President Bush..."

In a scathing rebuke of former VP [[Dick Cheney]]'s comments, the White House starts by using sarcasm "Well, I guess [[Rush Limbaugh]] was busy," Gibbs said to laughter during his daily briefing with reporters. "So they trotted out the next most popular member of the [[Republican]] cabal." Also saying, "I think not taking economic advice from Dick Cheney would be maybe the best possible outcome of yesterday's interview." Blaming [[George W. Bush]], Gibbs defended Obama saying, 'he [Obama] is keeping the nation safe while dealing with problems George W. Bush's administration did not.' <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/16/white-house-jokes-cheney-limbaugh-stand/ White House Ridicules Cheney After Criticism] Fox News, March 17, 2009</ref>

In a scathing rebuke of former VP [[Dick Cheney]]'s comments, the White House starts by using sarcasm "Well, I guess [[Rush Limbaugh]] was busy," Gibbs said to laughter during his daily briefing with reporters. "So they trotted out the next most popular member of the [[Republican]] cabal." Also saying, "I think not taking economic advice from Dick Cheney would be maybe the best possible outcome of yesterday's interview." Blaming [[George W. Bush]], Gibbs defended Obama saying, 'he [Obama] is keeping the nation safe while dealing with problems George W. Bush's administration did not.' <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/16/white-house-jokes-cheney-limbaugh-stand/ White House Ridicules Cheney After Criticism] Fox News, March 17, 2009</ref>

Hillary Clinton offered a sarcastic reply when asked about Cheney's request this week to declassify documents showing the "success" of harsh interrogations, "It won't surprise you that I don't consider him a particularly reliable source," Clinton said with laughter before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/22/clinton-stopping-iran-nukes-world-imperative/ Clinton Takes Aim at Cheney on Interrogation Memos] Fox News, April 22, 2009</ref>

Hillary Clinton offered a sarcastic reply when asked about Cheney's request this week to declassify documents showing the "success" of harsh interrogations, "It won't surprise you that I don't consider him a particularly reliable source," Clinton said with laughter before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/22/clinton-stopping-iran-nukes-world-imperative/ Clinton Takes Aim at Cheney on Interrogation Memos] Fox News, April 22, 2009</ref>

Accusing the Bush administration of creating "a misguided experiment" that created more threats to America, Obama told an audience at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., that the Guantanamo facility will be shuttered. "We are acutely aware that under the last administration, detainees were released only to return to the battlefield. That is why we are doing away with the poorly planned, haphazard approach that let those detainees go in the past," said Obama

Accusing the Bush administration of creating "a misguided experiment" that created more threats to America, Obama told an audience at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., that the Guantanamo facility will be shuttered. "We are acutely aware that under the last administration, detainees were released only to return to the battlefield. That is why we are doing away with the poorly planned, haphazard approach that let those detainees go in the past," said Obama.

The Obama administration increased its budget deficit projection to over $1.8 trillion and blames former President Bush. In fact, President Obama did not inherit the budget but presided over it.

The Obama regime increased its budget deficit projection to over $1.8 trillion and blames former President Bush. In fact, Obama did not inherit the budget but presided over it.

“Punish your enemies.”

“Punish your enemies.”

“Get in Their Faces!”

“Get in Their Faces!”

"Responding to a private dinner guest in May 2010, agreed there is a 'subterranean agenda' in the opposition to his presidency that is rooted in race." race-baiting from Obama's new book ''Family of Freedom'' <ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/obama-tea-party-racism/2011/03/04/id/388433 Black Leaders Rip Obama Claim of Tea Party Racism, NewsMax, March 4, 2011]</ref>

"Responding to a private dinner guest in May 2010, agreed there is a 'subterranean agenda' in the opposition to his presidency that is rooted in race." Race-baiting from Obama's new book ''Family of Freedom'' <ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/obama-tea-party-racism/2011/03/04/id/388433 Black Leaders Rip Obama Claim of Tea Party Racism, NewsMax, March 4, 2011]</ref>

==See also==

==See also==

==References==

==References==

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==External links==

==External links==

* [http://www.nypost.com/seven/06112009/postopinion/editorials/bams_double_talk_173700.htm OBAMA'S DOUBLE TALK]

* [http://www.nypost.com/seven/06112009/postopinion/editorials/bams_double_talk_173700.htm OBAMA'S DOUBLE TALK]