- Feb 22, 2017
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You're embarrassed for me? I would be embarassed about having voted for a man who told so many lies in his inauguration speech.Please, spare us. Obama told a dozen lies every day he was in office.Is it the fault of the media that Trump started his presidency by lying and having his Press Sec stand in front of the American people and tell at least 4 lies on day 1?
Any president that starts his term in office with a lie will get negative coverage.
Here a a few lies he told us at his inauguration:
I was tempted to list every single sentence as a lie, but some where debatable.
- At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because we, the people, have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebears and true to our founding documents.
- On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.
- On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas that for far too long have strangled our politics.
- Our capacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions -- that time has surely passed.
- We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together.
- We'll restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its cost.
- And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age.
- All this we can do.
- All this we will do.
- What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them, that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply.
- The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works -- whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.
- Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end.
- And those of us who manage the public's dollars will be held to account, to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day, because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.
- Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill.
- Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with the sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please. Instead they knew that our power grows through its prudent use; our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint.
- We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan. With old friends and former foes, we'll work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the specter of a warming planet.
- We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense.
- To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds.
- And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to the suffering outside our borders, nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.
- What is demanded, then, is a return to these truths. What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility -- a recognition on the part of every American that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world; duties that we do not grudgingly accept, but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character than giving our all to a difficult task.
- This is the price and the promise of citizenship.
I am truly embarrassed for you and a tad pissed off you even use the same oxygen that I do.
But you did and you are not. As for me, I voted for neither.