This One's for You, Papalovesmambo - Top 10 Obama/Biden Gaffes

Those are his BIGGEST mistakes?

Who cares?

He hasn't lied (yet).

He hasn't started a war based on a lie.

And he speaks proper English.

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If you make stuff up Spork, people will call you on it.

There was a proposal, which considered and rightly shelved.

Please find a quote where Obama "wanted them to pay for their own healthcare". The issue was billing veterans private insurance companies.

""The President has consistently stated that he is committed to working with veterans on the details of the 2010 VA budget proposal," the White House said later. "In considering the third party billing issue, the administration was seeking to maximize the resources available for veterans; however, the President listened to concerns raised by the VSOs that this might, under certain circumstances, affect veterans and their families? ability to access health care. Therefore, the President has instructed that its consideration be dropped."




Wrong Again

"plenty of lies."

OK, list them.

I am sure there are things that Obama has said that he did not follow-through on. But, I would be curious to see whether it really is a lie, or an interpretation of a position.

I am curious as to items of fact that he has misrepresented.

I think he said there would be review of all earmarks, and he indicted there would be no pork-barrel spending in the bill. The spending bill by definition is one big earmark.

He also provided wiggle room technically on the five-day waiting period for bills, as there was an exception provided for emergency bills. Arguably the spending bill was an emergency bill but the SCHIP bill was not. But, the SCHIP bill had been around for years, and been reviewed and available for public review and comment for years before it was signed.

So, you could validly say he broke a campaign promise, but you could also argue that the SCHIP bill was not new legislation so arguably not in need of the public review and comment that new legislation would require. Nor was it the type of legislation he was targeting with his statements.

Nevertheless, if you are looking at absolutes, yes, he broke his promise on the five-day period for non-emergency bills.

Updated On: 3/26/09 at 02:00 AM