Entries from February 2009

President Obama’s Broken Promises

February 25, 2009

Bob Williams, Founder and CEO of The Evergreen Freedom Foundation gets credit for his quick summary of the campaign promises that President Obama has already broken only a month into his first term as President. Here is that summary:
President Obama is breaking campaign promises and his White House pledges faster than I can keep track [...]

Barack Obama and the Price of Change

February 11, 2009

How much is Barack Obama’s first spending bill going to cost American taxpayers? The Competitive Enterprise Institute does the math. Watch this 56-second video:
Barack Obama and the Price of Change

Obama’s Press Conference and the New Deal

February 10, 2009

Obama held his first primetime press conference last night to try to sell the nation on the large spending package (the one being sold as a “stimulus package”). While the nation is now facing a 7.6 percent unemployment rate, this is nowhere near the 25 percent unemployment we faced during the New Deal. And it [...]

Obama Uses the Politics of Fear

February 5, 2009

As a candidate for President and throughout his two books, Barack Obama consistently told us that “we must abandon the politics of fear.” Even in his inaugural address on January 20 (just two weeks ago) he said “we have chosen hope over fear.” I guess things change after sitting in the Oval office.
For today, President [...]

Change We Can Believe In?

February 2, 2009

Bill Richardson. Tim Geithner. Tom Daschle. These three men represent three major appointments in the Obama Administration.
As a candidate for President, Barack Obama promised us that he would “change Washington” and do away with “the politics as usual.” His pick of 36-year Senator, “Mr. Inside the Beltway” himself, Joe Biden, as Vice President, should have [...]