Will passages from Obama's 2008 speech bite him in the ass?

[Conservative]

Probably.

Obama's 2008 convention words hang over Charlotte speech | Fox News

PASSAGE:
"You see, we Democrats have a very different measure of what constitutes progress in this country. We measure progress by how many people can find a job that pays the mortgage, whether you can put a little extra money away at the end of each month so you can someday watch your child receive her college diploma. We measure progress in the 23 million new jobs that were created when Bill Clinton was president, when the average American family saw its income go up $7,500 instead of go down $2,000, like it has under George Bush."

REALITY:
Obama walked into office while the economy was in freefall, and the economy has stopped bleeding jobs since then. In fact, it is adding them. But median income is dropping. According to 2011 Census numbers, the median household income was $49,445 in 2011, down 2.3 percent compared with 2009. And according to the July labor report, 12.8 million people are still unemployed in America, while more than 23 million are either unemployed or underemployed.

PASSAGE:
"We are more compassionate than a government that lets veterans sleep on our streets and families slide into poverty."

REALITY:
Poverty has not abated since Obama took office, at least based on the latest available figures. According to the 2011 Census report, more Americans were living in poverty than at any time in the last half-century in 2010. The poverty rate rose to 15.1 percent in 2010, up from 13.2 percent in 2008. The government also reported that a record 46.7 million people were enrolled in the food stamp program in June.

He said:
"In ten years, we will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East."

REALITY:
In fact, Persian Gulf oil imports increased in each of the last three years.

He said:
"Change means a tax code that doesn't reward the lobbyists who wrote it."

REALITY:
NASCAR, the tuna industry and Wall Street lobbyists continue to win tax breaks.

He said:
"Many of these plans will cost money, which is why I've laid out how I'll pay for every dime."

REALITY:
The president's most recent budget projects a $1.3 trillion deficit.

He said:
"I will also renew the tough, direct diplomacy that can prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons."

REALITY:
Inspectors say Iran is closer to producing nuclear fuel than ever before.

Hey, at least Solyndra got a loan, right?

 

[tjvh]

And GITMO is still open... But all is well.

 

[whitehall]

Nothing bites democrats in the ass because the media has circled the wagons around them.

 

[DiamondDave]

They should.. but to the Obamabots.. they will deny, slobber, and pull the lever for him anyway

 

[g5000]

I can't offer you any hope you will get a job. My mojo can't seem to change that. But...gosh darn it, I-I-I-I care about you. Now...I read your cards and letters and I rub my face as I hear about your suffering. And I want to help! I'm a caring and want-to-help kind of guy. That should be enough! You don't want some cold fish who helped build companies and create jobs. You want a guy who loves you, man!

 

[CrusaderFrank]

OMG!!! He didn't say ANY of that!!

This is what he said,

"We succeed because of our individual initiative but ... of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together."

 

[The Infidel]

Nothing bites democrats in the ass because the media has circled the wagons around them.

They should.. but to the Obamabots.. they will deny, slobber, and pull the lever for him anyway