Now there you go again.

The Obama swept into the White house on a platform of change. During the election he built a long list of strident promises that he said would change business as usual in Washington. I understand politics. I know these promises are made to be broken but some of them are such surprising turnabouts that they need to be considered.

Lie number one No earmarks

This is worth looking at because its a lie that was smashed to pieces in a very public way when the interim spending bill was passed. There were in fact thousands of earmarks essentially giving the victors (democrats) the spoils. Here is what John McCain said about it.

it is "insulting to the American people" for Obama's budget director to indicate over the weekend that the president will sign a $410 billion spending bill with what Republicans critics say is nearly $5.5 billion in so-called "earmark" projects.

"So much for the promise of change," McCain said in this year's version of what has become his annual tirade against pork-barrel spending.

Lie number two "Lobbyist and special interests will have no part in my administration"

In fact the revolving door between business and elected officials is open and spinning rapidly. Thus far The Obama administration has hired or appointed 17 people that are or have been lobbyist's , leaders of special interest groups or held high positions in interested corperation's .

Lie number three Sunlight before signing

This one seems small but is actually key to change that The Obama had promised during his election campaign. This speaks to his many promises to make the political process open to the people, fair, free of last minute earmarks and unfettered by pork barrel spending and most of all by partisan. The Obama promised to leave every non emergency bill available to the public for 5 days for viewing and discussion, to insure that it is understood, acceptable to both parties and free of wasteful spending. Thus far he has broken that promise As the Cato Institute's Jim Harper notes, the Administration only fulfilled its "Sunlight before Signing" pledge on one of the first eleven bills the President signed into law. That's less than 10 percent. On the bright side, there's plenty of room for improvement.

Close Gitmo

He may close it but he now has plans to hold the detainees permanently in other locations without proper legal trials as he argued for during the election.

Recognize the Armenian Genocide

The anniversary came and went recently and the word genocide was never mentioned.

End the war in Iraq

Not even close.

Renegotiate NAFTA

No plans at all for this one.

Eliminate all income taxation of seniors making less than $50,000 per year

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