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Winning an election renders campaign promises null & void?

February 26, 2010 by B. Daniel Blatt

A lot of liberals, including at least one of our critics, are making much of the clip embedded below where President Obama supposedly slaps down the man he defeated in the 2008 presidential election for reminding him of a promise he made on his road to victory:

So, is the president then saying that since the campaign is over, his promises then were only intended to win votes–and not to define how he would govern once elected?

(Clip via Legal Insurrection.)

Filed Under: 2008 Presidential Politics, Obama Health Care (ACA / Obamacare)

Comments

  1. PatriotMom says

    February 26, 2010 at 4:13 pm - February 26, 2010

    When I heard that comment that is exactly what I thought.

  2. Darkeyedresolve says

    February 26, 2010 at 4:16 pm - February 26, 2010

    Or he is stating that since he won the election, the he gets to craft the direction the debate goes and how the legislation goes. He said something like this earlier…back shortly after he got inaugurated I think.

  3. The_Livewire says

    February 26, 2010 at 4:24 pm - February 26, 2010

    Well to top it off, he apparently doesn’t understand insurance.

  4. benj says

    February 26, 2010 at 4:43 pm - February 26, 2010

    Let’s face it. Obama is arrogant, has been since day I and it goes back to the “Office of President-elect” when he carried that sign everywhere he went. Megalomaniacs do that sort of thing.

  5. ILoveCapitalism says

    February 26, 2010 at 5:43 pm - February 26, 2010

    I read Obama’s comment the same way. He basically said, “John, I said a lot of bullsh*t during the campaign, and you should understand that so let’s grow up now.”

  6. Charles says

    February 26, 2010 at 8:05 pm - February 26, 2010

    Obama looks so angry, despite his best efforts to hide it. Who does he think he is kidding? He is passive aggressive and selfish. I dread the remaining years of The One in the White House.

  7. Conservative Guy says

    February 27, 2010 at 4:13 am - February 27, 2010

    Well, well, Mr. Obama’s mask comes off and we get to see what he’s really like: the man who will say whatever people want to hear so he can get elected, who makes fun of the Special Olympics, who complains about bitter clingers, and who thinks he’s been to 57 states.

  8. Mark says

    February 27, 2010 at 1:37 pm - February 27, 2010

    All of Obama’s so-called “promises” come with an expiration date.

  9. Sean A says

    February 27, 2010 at 5:21 pm - February 27, 2010

    #8:

    Obama Promise No. 652,121: A nuclear Iran is unacceptable and Obama will prevent it by first employing diplomacy and negotiation, and if that does not work, through tough, crippling sanctions.

    Expiration date: Thursday, February 10, 2010. http://www.mererhetoric.com/archives/11276044.html

  10. megapotamus says

    February 27, 2010 at 10:11 pm - February 27, 2010

    Didn’t Nancy Pelosi laugh out loud at a similar question on televising the Ocare negotiations? Regarding Obama, not her but it works either way.

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