Roverron
06-10-2013, 12:52 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — As a candidate, Barack Obama vowed to bring a different, better kind of leadership to the dysfunctional capital. He’d make government more efficient, accountable and transparent. He’d rise above the “small-ball” nature of doing business. And he’d work with Republicans to break Washington paralysis.
You can trust me, Obama said back in 2008. And – for a while, at least – a good piece of the country did.
But with big promises often come big failures – and the potential for big hits to the one thing that can make or break a presidency: credibility.
A series of mounting controversies is exposing both the risks of political promise-making and the limits of national-level governing while undercutting the core assurance Obama made from the outset: that he and his administration would behave differently.
The latest: the government’s acknowledgement that, in a holdover from the Bush administration and with a bipartisan Congress’ approval and a secret court’s authorization, it was siphoning the phone records of millions of American citizens in a massive data-collection effort officials say was meant to protect the nation from terrorism. This came after the disclosure that the government was snooping on journalists.
Also, the IRS’ improper targeting of conservative groups for extra scrutiny as they sought tax-exempt status has spiraled into a wholesale examination of the agency, including the finding that it spent $49 million in taxpayer money on 225 employee conferences over the past three years.
THE REST OF THE STORY HERE:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/06/10/the-scathing-obama-column-written-by-an-associated-press-editor-with-big-promises-often-come-big-failures/
The fact he read those words off a teleprompter does not mean he has a clue as to their meaning. Based on his actions he does not come close to having a clue, because the government would never do anything wrong or lie to us and only has our best interests at heart.
IRS politically targeting foes, Obamacare death panels, Benghazi, EPA, FDA, NSA, Prism, Echelon, Fast & Furious, ATF, DOJ targeting reporters, $$ billions each year lost due to waste, fraud and abuse, ... yeah, we're crazy not to trust the government.--FBHO
You can trust me, Obama said back in 2008. And – for a while, at least – a good piece of the country did.
But with big promises often come big failures – and the potential for big hits to the one thing that can make or break a presidency: credibility.
A series of mounting controversies is exposing both the risks of political promise-making and the limits of national-level governing while undercutting the core assurance Obama made from the outset: that he and his administration would behave differently.
The latest: the government’s acknowledgement that, in a holdover from the Bush administration and with a bipartisan Congress’ approval and a secret court’s authorization, it was siphoning the phone records of millions of American citizens in a massive data-collection effort officials say was meant to protect the nation from terrorism. This came after the disclosure that the government was snooping on journalists.
Also, the IRS’ improper targeting of conservative groups for extra scrutiny as they sought tax-exempt status has spiraled into a wholesale examination of the agency, including the finding that it spent $49 million in taxpayer money on 225 employee conferences over the past three years.
THE REST OF THE STORY HERE:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/06/10/the-scathing-obama-column-written-by-an-associated-press-editor-with-big-promises-often-come-big-failures/
The fact he read those words off a teleprompter does not mean he has a clue as to their meaning. Based on his actions he does not come close to having a clue, because the government would never do anything wrong or lie to us and only has our best interests at heart.
IRS politically targeting foes, Obamacare death panels, Benghazi, EPA, FDA, NSA, Prism, Echelon, Fast & Furious, ATF, DOJ targeting reporters, $$ billions each year lost due to waste, fraud and abuse, ... yeah, we're crazy not to trust the government.--FBHO