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Obama Whiffs on Transparency
So remember Obama’s promise to post bills to the Internet, and wait five days for public review before signing them?
So far, he’s one for 11.
And the one is questionable.
|4.27.09 @ 9:16AM|#
...
And the men who spurred us on,
sit in judgment of all wrong.
They decide and the shotgun sings the song!
Alan Vanneman|4.27.09 @ 10:02AM|#
Well, one out of eleven, no, wait, that sucks. Let's change the subject.
|4.27.09 @ 10:11AM|#
Those other ten really didn't have a material effect on anything. So they don't count.
cm|4.27.09 @ 10:12AM|#
"I believe it is not in our character, American character, to follow -- but to lead. And it is time for us to lead once again. I am here today to set this goal: we will devote more than 3 percent of our GDP to research and development," Obama said.
Jeeeeeeeeez. Obama's a douche.
|4.27.09 @ 10:47AM|#
At this point, Obama breaking a campaign promise is like another 100 people dying in a Baghdad suicide bombing was two years ago. ie, something that really should make one outraged but the relevant nerve endings have been fried by overstimulation.
not the real jb|4.27.09 @ 10:55AM|#
You guys all just misunderstand Him.
He's just shifting from "campaigning mode" to "governance
mode."
That's change we can all believe in!
|4.27.09 @ 11:30AM|#
Damn you Warren!
I dunno, but I expect there has been a spike in Who's Next sales
since Mr. Hope and Change got elected.
|4.27.09 @ 11:32AM|#
Query: did candidate Obama promise to wait until 5 days after
final bill language becomes publicly available, after it's posted
on the White House website, after Congressional passage,
or after formal presentment? For example, the final
stimulus bill language was put online on Feb. 12, & the bill
passed on Feb. 13, but it was formally presented only on Feb. 16.
So did the President sign the bill (on Feb. 17) after 5 days, 4
days, or 1 day? Campaign promises aside, it may make a difference
from the point of view of transparency.
(I take it no one accepts the charge made by House Republicans in
connection with the stimulus bill that Obama had already broken his
promise by Feb. 11, before Congress passed it, because the language
agreed to in the conference committee wasn't already posted at that
point on the White House website.)
|4.27.09 @ 12:07PM|#
Well, H, according to CATO:
"As president," his campaign website said, "Obama will not sign
any non-emergency bill without giving the American public an
opportunity to review and comment on the White House website for
five days."
I would say that means he's supposed to wait for five days after
its posted on the White House website.
Finally, of course, note the Parsin' President's escape hatch
(there's always an escape hatch): this promise applies only to
"non-emergency bills."
Vogon|4.27.09 @ 1:42PM|#
I would say that means he's supposed to wait for five days
after its posted on the White House website.
The plans have been on display in your local planning office in
Alpha Centauri for 50 of your Earth years, so you've had plenty of
time to lodge any formal complaints, and it's far too late to start
making a fuss about it now!
|4.27.09 @ 2:13PM|#
H,
If you have have to give him an 'out' on a technicality, then his
transparency promise, like many of his other 'promises', is
essentially worthless.
No Name Guy|4.27.09 @ 2:45PM|#
Obama is a politican.
Politicians are habitual liars.
Ergo Obama is a lying sack.
What's so hard to understand?
|4.27.09 @ 3:15PM|#
This is terrible, but to be expected. Obama's gone back on
hundreds of campaign promises already, yet the electoral herd
continues to support him.
To expect him to keep any promises at this point is like expecting
your dog to wait to go outside when you've been giving him doggie
treats after he poops on the living room carpet.
engineer|4.27.09 @ 6:43PM|#
"So remember Obama's promise to post bills to the Internet, and
wait five days for public review before signing them?"
It's a stupid idea anyway, and a sign of weak-willed pansy with no
principles. You either sign the bill, because it is morally and
practically right, or you veto the sucker and tell Congress that
you're not going to apply your signature to a steaming pile of cow
turds. None of this "rule by polls" crap.
engineer|4.27.09 @ 6:44PM|#
God knows only hardcore political junkies have time to sort threw the mound of crud that Congress piles into each bill.
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