Keith Ellison: Obama ‘One Of The Best Presidents Our Country Will Ever Have Seen’

[Dwight42]

22. Don't make promises that you can't keep.

#1 “If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period. If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. Period. No one will take it away. No matter what.”
In some cases this didn't happen and tens of millions are still without any insurance; he promised a Public Option and didn't support it in the end.

#2 “My administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in government.”
The US government under President Obama is the most secretive in US history and has gone after all whistle-blowers with a vengeance.

#3 “We agree on reforms that will finally reduce the costs of health care. Families will save on their premiums…”
There was some savings but the realistically the only way to save everyone from the Insurance Companies gouging was a Public Option and that was not even introduced to be voted on. The President knew that the former trade, NAFTA, GAT agreements prevented the US from offering one without being sued by the Health Care industry as is happening in Canada right now.

#4 “I don’t want to pit Red America against Blue America. I want to be the president
 of the United States of America.”
His presidency has ended up pitting the Blue against the Red states in way not seen since the Civil Rights movement.

#5 “We’ve got shovel-ready projects all across the country that governors and mayors are pleading to fund. And the minute we can get those investments to the state level, jobs are going to be created.”
Governors and Mayors and still pleading and there are no jobs being created to rebuild the America's crumbling infrastructure.

#6 “And we will pursue the housing plan I’m outlining today. And through this plan, we will help between 7 and 9 million families restructure or refinance their mortgages so they can afford—avoid foreclosure.”

#7 “I will sign a universal health-care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family’s premium by up to $2,500 a year.”
Of course this has become a running joke as AHC is not universal as tens of millions are still without any insurance.

#8 “We reject the use of national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime.”
The entire world is being spied on by the US government.

#9 “For people with insurance, the only impact of the health-care law is that their insurance is stronger, better, and more secure than it was before. Full stop. That’s it. They don’t have to worry about anything else.”
Again Universal Health Care would have solved this on going problem.

#10 “We will close the detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, the location of so many of the worst constitutional abuses in recent years.”
Guantanamo Bay is still operational 10 years on.

#11 “Allow Americans to buy their medicines from other developed countries if the drugs are safe and prices are lower outside the U.S.”
This has not happened. He made no attempt to have drug makers sell to the government at discounts.

#12 “We will revisit the Patriot Act and overturn unconstitutional executive decisions issued during the past eight years.”
He did revisit the Patriot Act and signed the extension.

#13 “Will ensure that federal contracts over $25,000 are competitively bid.”
I'll give him this one because to tell the truth, I am to tired to investigate.

#14 “We reject sweeping claims of ‘inherent’ presidential power.”
Didn't happen.

#15 “Will eliminate all income taxation of seniors making less than $50,000 per year. This will eliminate taxes for 7 million seniors — saving them an average of $1,400 a year– and will also mean that 27 million seniors will not need to file an income tax return at all.
Has there been any change in Tax Code?

#16 “We support constitutional protections and judicial oversight on any surveillance program involving Americans.”
He expanded the surveillance programs against the constitutional protections.

#17 “If we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home, we will end this war. You can take that to the bank.”
This has not happened. The wars have been widened to cover much of the world; 1000 bases in some 130 countries

#18 “Will not sign any non-emergency bill without giving the American public an opportunity to review and comment on the White House website for five days.”
The secrete trade agreements like TPP, to name only one.

#19 “The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation.”
Libya, Iraq, Africa, Asian Pivot, etc, etc, etc.

#20 “We have a choice in this country. We can accept a politics that breeds division and conflict and cynicism…. That is one option. Or, at this moment, in this election, we can come together and say, ‘Not this time….’”
The choice has been the widest division since the Civil War.

#21 “We’ve got to spend some money now to pull us out of this recession. But as soon as we’re out of this recession, we’ve got to get serious about starting to live within our means, instead of leaving debt for our children and our grandchildren and our great-grandchildren.”
He bailed out Wall Street, not Main Street and brought us the Sequester that actually takes away from need safety net issues like Heating assistance and Food Stamps. To quote the band Midnight Oil, ''The rich get richer and the poor get the picture'' while the middle class is becoming extinct due to off shoring of jobs, except in China and India where they are increasing.

#22 “Today I’m pledging to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office. This will not be easy. It will require us to make difficult decisions and face challenges we’ve long neglected. But I refuse to leave our children with a debt that they cannot repay – and that means taking responsibility right now, in this administration, for getting our spending under control.”
The national debt is down, no thanks to the wealthy and the jobs are down, except for the service industry. But student loan debt it up, Military spending is up and the wealth distribution is back up to the levels of the early 1920's.

#23 “I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear that I will execute the office of president of the United States faithfully, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the United States.”
He kept the Patriot Act, Defence spending keeps going up even while these wars are actually being lost and the Constitution is still being shredded bit by bit.