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OBAMA: But we're not going to be able to expect the American people to support this critical effort unless we take extraordinary steps to ensure that the investments are made wisely and managed well. And that's why my recovery and reinvestment plan will have -- will set a new higher standard of accountability, transparency, and oversight.
"We are going to ban all earmarks, the process by which individual members insert pet projects without review."
The other one highlighted by the OP is also NOT a lie.
He ssaid he will not sign a bill with earmarks.
Until he signs one after saying this it is not a lie.
Boner voted for bills with earmarks in them in the past also.
Damn near every bill he's signed has been filled with earmarks since his promise.
The numbers show that earmarks have not only not been stopped. Harry Reid's budget that was roundly rejected contained over $6 billion in earmarks.
I dont remember that , go get the quotes
You are aware that there's more than one lie in his speech, right? Or are you just gonna argue black is white on this one?
You are aware that there's more than one lie in his speech, right? Or are you just gonna argue black is white on this one?
i have no doubt that in any political speech there are inaccuracies, spin and politicking. But i do think i'll wait for factcheck.org to do their thing and not anything that TPS would use.
on the other hand, let me know when he makes up WMD's.
I also think TPS's time would be better spent looking at the factcheck on the nutcase that is Michelle Bachmann.
Obama never said he would not sign a bill with earmarks until now.
Has the congress banned them yet?
Now realize he said he would ban them, He can not write the law to do so can he?
That is for the house to write up huh?
Now he has said he will not sign a bill with earmarks.
When he does then you can call it a lie.
The other one highlighted by the OP is also NOT a lie.
He ssaid he will not sign a bill with earmarks.
Until he signs one after saying this it is not a lie.
Boner voted for bills with earmarks in them in the past also.
Obama never said he would not sign a bill with earmarks until now.
Has the congress banned them yet?
Now realize he said he would ban them, He can not write the law to do so can he?
That is for the house to write up huh?
Now he has said he will not sign a bill with earmarks.
When he does then you can call it a lie.
Same thing he said during his campaign. But in reality he and the dimwit majority pushed thru legislation like the hc law without republican input and against the will of the majority of Americans. He ois a puppet of the socialists and their agenda.FACT CHECK: Obama and his imbalanced ledger - Bloomberg
Too long to quote, read it all here.
But it's just what you expect. More of the same liberal "how can we fool 'em today?"
Obama promises spending cuts, but he means to do nothing of the kind. Same kind of bait and switch liberals are always guilty of.
Examples:
OBAMA: Tackling the deficit "means further reducing health care costs, including programs like Medicare and Medicaid, which are the single biggest contributor to our long-term deficit. Health insurance reform will slow these rising costs, which is part of why nonpartisan economists have said that repealing the health care law would add a quarter of a trillion dollars to our deficit."
THE FACTS: The idea that Obama's health care law saves money for the government is based on some arguable assumptions.
To be sure, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has estimated the law will slightly reduce red ink over 10 years. But the office's analysis assumes that steep cuts in Medicare spending, as called for in the law, will actually take place. Others in the government have concluded it is unrealistic to expect such savings from Medicare.
In recent years, for example, Congress has repeatedly overridden a law that would save the treasury billions by cutting deeply into Medicare pay for doctors. Just last month, the government once again put off the scheduled cuts for another year, at a cost of $19 billion. That money is being taken out of the health care overhaul. Congress has shown itself sensitive to pressure from seniors and their doctors, and there's little reason to think that will change.
OBAMA: Vowed to veto any bills sent to him that include "earmarks," pet spending provisions pushed by individual lawmakers. "Both parties in Congress should know this: If a bill comes to my desk with earmarks inside, I will veto it."
THE FACTS: House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has promised that no bill with earmarks will be sent to Obama in the first place. Republicans have taken the lead in battling earmarks while Obama signed plenty of earmark-laden spending bills when Democrats controlled both houses. As recently as last month, Obama was prepared to sign a catchall spending measure stuffed with earmarks, before it collapsed in the Senate after an outcry from conservatives over the bill's $8 billion-plus in home-state pet projects.
It's a turnabout for the president; in early 2009, Obama sounded like an apologist for the practice: "Done right, earmarks have given legislators the opportunity to direct federal money to worthy projects that benefit people in their districts, and that's why I've opposed their outright elimination," he said then.
In other words Obama is lying to us again. No surprise here.
Expect liberals to start spinning like hell to claim a lie is not a lie.
You don't know what an "earmark" is do you?They will have to do them or they will not get re elected because one mans earmark is another mans delivery of a promise to his voters.
Provisions associated with legislation (appropriations or general legislation) that specify certain congressional spending priorities or in revenue bills that apply to a very limited number of individuals or entities.
He has been lying to us since day one, why would he stop now? If he is dimwit, he is liar!!!I just perused the article and there is not one lie in there.
Its all "Oh he said he would consider this or that last time" consider does not mean impliment folks.
Same with the left idiots. They put in much more earmarks. Lets fire reid and obama next, and then have a big get rid of the commies party.Hes calling the republicans bluff.
They will have to pass the stuff they would have put in as earmarks as stand alone bills.
They will have to do them or they will not get re elected because one mans earmark is another mans delivery of a promise to his voters.
Obama never said he would not sign a bill with earmarks until now.
Has the congress banned them yet?
Now realize he said he would ban them, He can not write the law to do so can he?
That is for the house to write up huh?
Now he has said he will not sign a bill with earmarks.
When he does then you can call it a lie.
The other one highlighted by the OP is also NOT a lie.
He ssaid he will not sign a bill with earmarks.
Until he signs one after saying this it is not a lie.
Boner voted for bills with earmarks in them in the past also.
Damn near every bill he's signed has been filled with earmarks since his promise.
The numbers show that earmarks have not only not been stopped. Harry Reid's budget that was roundly rejected contained over $6 billion in earmarks.
the congress, not the president, control 'earmarks'. the president has no line-item veto. so it's all or nothing.
and, frankly, i've never seen why it was wrong for congress people to bring things back for the benefit of their districts -- as opposed to things for themselves.
The other one highlighted by the OP is also NOT a lie.
He ssaid he will not sign a bill with earmarks.
Until he signs one after saying this it is not a lie.
Boner voted for bills with earmarks in them in the past also.
I thought his little quip about high speed trains was brilliant. Faster than air travel... and without the pat downs.... Hmmmm.... I guess he hasn't factored in the potential for this mode of transport to be a 'target' (sorry, I couldn't think of another less vitriolic word) for terrorist attacks. Ya know, like they have in Europe.
Obama - idiot.
Let me know when they find that amount this year.... and next year... and the year after that... and the year after that... and the... you get the idea.
A one off serendipitous fraud recovery year does not make for sound fiscal policy. Idiot.
Thats just it, you are calling him a liar BEFORE the fact.
The ten years spoken of have NOT taken place yet BUT you here are pretending it has and that the rest of the fix isnt being worked on.
It is being worked on as we speak.
These projections assume that the proposals are enacted and remain unchanged throughout the next two decades, which is often not the case for major legislation. For example, the sustainable growth rate (SGR) mechanism governing Medicares payments to physicians has frequently been modified (either through legislation or administrative action) to avoid reductions in those payments.
The other one highlighted by the OP is also NOT a lie.
He ssaid he will not sign a bill with earmarks.
Until he signs one after saying this it is not a lie.
Boner voted for bills with earmarks in them in the past also.
Damn near every bill he's signed has been filled with earmarks since his promise.
The numbers show that earmarks have not only not been stopped. Harry Reid's budget that was roundly rejected contained over $6 billion in earmarks.
the congress, not the president, control 'earmarks'. the president has no line-item veto. so it's all or nothing.
and, frankly, i've never seen why it was wrong for congress people to bring things back for the benefit of their districts -- as opposed to things for themselves.