Reply #39: Yeah, some of us actually believed what he said campaigning in 2007 & 08 [View All]

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Health care for all
If you're an American making less than $30,000 a year, chances are you still have trouble seeing a doctor, despite the passage of President Obama's health insurance reform plan. In spite of the modest legislative victory of actually getting health reform passed, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that even after all the elements take effect in 2014, over 22 million Americans will still lack access to basic health services. Meanwhile, the insurance industry can be assured of continued profits.

Close Guantanamo
The President has turned away from his promise to close the facility and embraced the controversial terror war symbol, ordering the resumption of military tribunals and moved the accused 9/11 plotters' trial from a civilian court to the secret military court at Guantanamo. Special Ops and CIA black prison sites abound - claims of torture still exist.

Defend labor rights
"Understand this," Obama said during a campaign rally in 2007. "If American workers are being denied their right to organize and collectively bargain when I’m in the White House, I will put on a comfortable pair of shoes myself, I’ll will walk on that picket line with you as President of the United States of America." The President has yet to appear at a single protest or picket line in Wisconsin, Tennessee, Michigan, Ohio, Maine, Florida or Indiana where Republicans have worked to curtail collective bargaining rights.

Reform the Patriot Act
The administration sought an extension of the Patriot Act that was even longer than the one Republicans wanted. They gave it to him and continued the sweeping spy powers through 2013, ensuring that the next extension doesn't become an election year issue.

End the wars
Even though the president promised his Afghan occupation would conclude in July 2011, military officials have admitted that sometime in 2014 is more likely. American forces are dropping more bombs on more countries today than at any point during the Bush administration, with continued occupation forces in two massive countries even as they stage drone bombing of Pakistan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia.