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I like Numbers, Statistics, Facts.
They have a way of cutting through the Rhetoric.
Facts have a way of lifting the “fog of inaction”.
So, it is within that context of “fog clearing”, I present to you …
The Obameter: Tracking Obama’s Campaign Promises
PolitiFact.com — St Petersburg Times
2009 Pulitizer Prize Winner
PolitiFact has compiled more than 500 promises that Barack Obama made during the campaign and is tracking their progress on our Obameter.
The Obameter Scorecard
* Promise Kept 122
* Compromise 39
* Promise Broken 22
* Stalled 82
* In the Works 238
So what are some of those Promises that President Obama, with the help of a Democratic Congress, has KEPT to the American People?
Promise Kept
No. 6: Create an Advanced Manufacturing Fund to invest in peer-reviewed manufacturing processesPromise Kept
No. 16: Increase minority access to capitalPromise Kept
No. 17: Require economic justification for tax changesPromise Kept
No. 27: Change standards for determining broadband accessPromise Kept
No. 33: Establish a credit card bill of rightsPromise Kept
No. 36: Expand loan programs for small businessesPromise Kept
No. 40: Extend and index the 2007 Alternative Minimum Tax patchPromise Kept
No. 48: Close the “doughnut hole” in Medicare prescription drug planPromise Kept
No. 50: Expand the Senior Corps volunteer programPromise Kept
No. 51: Require insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditionsPromise Kept
No. 53: Give tax credits to those who need help to pay health premiumPromise Kept
No. 55: Require large employers to contribute to a national health planPromise Kept
No. 56: Require children to have health insurance coveragePromise Kept
No. 57: Expand eligibility for MedicaidPromise Kept
No. 58: Expand eligibility for State Children’s Health Insurance Fund (SCHIP)Promise Kept
No. 63: Require health plans to disclose how much of the premium goes to patient carePromise Kept
No. 65: Establish an independent health institute to provide accurate and objective informationPromise Kept
No. 69: In non-competitive markets, force insurers to pay out a reasonable share of their premiums for patient carePromise Kept
No. 70: Eliminate the higher subsidies to Medicare Advantage plansPromise Kept
No. 76: Expand funding to train primary care providers and public health practitioners
——– but wait there’s more ———
Promise Kept
No. 77: Increase funding to expand community based prevention programsPromise Kept
No. 93: Reinstate executive order to hire an additional 100,000 federal employees with disabilities within five years.Promise Kept
No. 105: Increase the Veterans Administration budget to recruit and retain more mental health professionalsPromise Kept
No. 109: Fully fund the Veterans AdministrationPromise Kept
No. 110: Assure that the Veterans Administration budget is prepared as ‘must-pass’ legislationPromise Kept
No. 113: Expand the Veterans Administration’s number of “centers of excellence” in specialty carePromise Kept
No. 119: Appoint a special adviser to the president on violence against womenPromise Kept
No. 121: Fully fund the Violence Against Women ActPromise Kept
No. 125: Direct military leaders to end war in IraqPromise Kept
No. 126: Begin removing combat brigades from IraqPromise Kept
No. 132: No permanent bases in IraqPromise Kept
No. 134: Send two additional brigades to AfghanistanPromise Kept
No. 154: Strengthen and expand military exchange programs with other countriesPromise Kept
No. 156: Make greater investment in advanced military air technologyPromise Kept
No. 161: End the abuse of supplemental budgets for warPromise Kept
No. 167: Make U.S. military aid to Pakistan conditional on anti-terror effortsPromise Kept
No. 174: Give a speech at a major Islamic forum in the first 100 days of his administrationPromise Kept
No. 182: Allocate Homeland Security funding according to riskPromise Kept
No. 184: Create a real National Infrastructure Protection PlanPromise Kept
No. 188: Increase funding for local emergency planning
——– but wait there’s more accomplishments to clear away the cobwebs of cynicism ———
Promise Kept
No. 197: Stand down nuclear forces to be reduced under the Moscow TreatyPromise Kept
No. 200: Appoint a White House Coordinator for Nuclear SecurityPromise Kept
No. 204: Initiate a grant and training program for law enforcement to deter cyber crimePromise Kept
No. 208: Improve relations with Turkey, and its relations with Iraqi KurdsPromise Kept
No. 212: Launch an international Add Value to Agriculture Initiative (AVTA)Promise Kept
No. 215: Create a rapid response fund for emerging democraciesPromise Kept
No. 222: Grant Americans unrestricted rights to visit family and send money to CubaPromise Kept
No. 224: Restore funding for the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) programPromise Kept
No. 225: Establish an Energy Partnership for the AmericasPromise Kept
No. 229: Expand the Nurse-Family Partnership to all low-income, first-time mothersPromise Kept
No. 239: Release presidential recordsPromise Kept
No. 241: Require new hires to sign a form affirming their hiring was not due to political affiliation or contributions.Promise Kept
No. 244: Provide affordable, high-quality child carePromise Kept
No. 247: Recruit math and science degree graduates to the teaching professionPromise Kept
No. 259: Reduce subsidies to private student lenders and protect student borrowersPromise Kept
No. 266: Encourage water-conservation efforts in the WestPromise Kept
No. 269: Increase funding for national parks and forestsPromise Kept
No. 270: Increase funding for the Land and Water Conservation FundPromise Kept
No. 272: Encourage farmers to use more renewable energy and be more energy efficientPromise Kept
No. 275: Expand Pell grants for low-income students
The List of Promises Kept, continues …
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As great as that is to see the Progress a Democratic Administration has brought us —
The Promises Democrats HAVE Kept —
There are even more Reasons to Get Out and Vote — to make a Citizen Statement in this Election by voting for Even More Democrats —
That Reason is because of the Promises, THEY.ARE.STILL.WORKING.ON Keeping.
(238 Reasons — in the process of becoming Fact.)
Promises ‘In the Works’ — Page 1
In the Works
No. 1: Increase the capital gains and dividends taxes for higher-income taxpayersIn the Works
No. 2: Eliminate all oil and gas tax loopholesIn the Works
No. 4: Extend child tax credits and marriage-penalty fixesIn the Works
No. 7: Double funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership, a program that encourages manufacturing efficiencyIn the Works
No. 8: Include environmental and labor standards in trade agreementsIn the Works
No. 12: Create an international tax haven watch listIn the Works
No. 18: Provide option for a pre-filled-out tax formIn the Works
No. 20: Make permanent the Research & Development tax creditIn the Works
No. 21: Require automatic enrollment in 401(k) plansIn the Works
No. 22: Require automatic enrollment in IRA plansIn the Works
No. 23: Create a retirement savings tax credit for low incomesIn the Works
No. 26: Implement “Women Owned Business” contracting programIn the Works
No. 28: Create a consumer-friendly credit card rating systemIn the Works
No. 31: Create a $60 billion bank to fund roads and bridgesIn the Works
No. 37: Extend the Bush tax cuts for lower incomesIn the Works
No. 38: Repeal the Bush tax cuts for higher incomesIn the Works
No. 39: Phase out exemptions and deductions for higher earnersIn the Works
No. 42: Tax carried interest as ordinary incomeIn the Works
No. 43: Sign the Employee Free Choice Act, making it easier for workers to unionizeIn the Works
No. 47: Require full disclosure of company pension investments to employees
———– Yes, the work remaining is “in process” ———-
Promises ‘In the Works’ — Page 2
In the Works
No. 49: Provide easy-to-understand comparisons of the Medicare prescription drug plansIn the Works
No. 59: Invest in electronic health information systemsIn the Works
No. 60: Phase in requirements for health information technologyIn the Works
No. 61: Require that health plans utilize disease management programsIn the Works
No. 62: Require providers to report measures of health care costs and qualityIn the Works
No. 66: Hold hospitals and health plans accountable for disparities in careIn the Works
No. 67: Implement and fund proven health intervention programsIn the Works
No. 72: Prevent drug companies from blocking generic drugsIn the Works
No. 73: Allow Medicare to negotiate for cheaper drug pricesIn the Works
No. 75: Work with schools to create more healthful environments for childrenIn the Works
No. 78: Improve recruitment of public health workersIn the Works
No. 80: Mandate insurance coverage of autism treatmentIn the Works
No. 82: Fully fund the Combating Autism Act and Federal Autism Research InitiativesIn the Works
No. 84: Double federal funding for cancer researchIn the Works
No. 85: Increase participation in cancer-related clinical trialsIn the Works
No. 89: Fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)In the Works
No. 91: Set a national goal to provide re-screening for all 2-year-olds for developmental disordersIn the Works
No. 92: Commission a study on students with disabilities and their transition to jobs or higher educationIn the Works
No. 94: Set goals and timetables for implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation ActIn the Works
No. 95: Create a best practices list for private businesses in accommodating workers with disabilities
The List of Promises ‘In the Works’, indicates WHY we need even MORE Democrats leading the effort …
Promises ‘In the Works’ — Page 3
Promises ‘In the Works’ — Page 4
Promises ‘In the Works’ — Page 5
Promises ‘In the Works’ — Page 6
Promises ‘In the Works’ — Page 7
Promises ‘In the Works’ — Page 8
Promises ‘In the Works’ — Page 9
Promises ‘In the Works’ — Page 10
Promises ‘In the Works’ — Page 11
Promises ‘In the Works’ — Page 12
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Without your Vote, your Citizen Voice, being added to this grand American Experiment —
That grand List of “Works in Progress” will end up “Being Shelved” —
CANCELED, REVOKED, REPEALED …
IF we let the Party of NO Ideas, Keep THEIR Pledges, Keep THEIR Promises;
to do to this Country, “the Very Same Things“, they did before, in the last Decade.
This Must Not Happen. They must not be given the chance, to turn back the clock … especially when the Time for Change, is so limited.
This Country’s People will NOT survive another Decade of Millionaire Favoritism.
This Country’s People — the Working People — must make OUR Voices heard — as One Nation,
by Voting for the Party, that is “Working for you”, for US the American People.
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“Works in Progress” take time.
Afterall it took the Republicans 8 years to crater the Economy —
It may take at least 4 years to fix it — especially considering how the Only Word the GOP Knows —
is NO !!! (as in Hell No!!!)
Progress takes Time.
Progress takes Patience.
Progress takes Democrats being given the chance to become the Party of YES …
the Party of YES … WE CAN.
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H/T to Progressive Thom Hartmann for pointing me to the PolitiFact website.
Facts are a wonderful thing.
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and Randi Rhodes,
and Katrina vanden Heuvel
support President Obama, and the Democrats …
and that’s good enough for me.
But this is Docudharma, not Daily Obama. Fair’s fair, so I don’t mind viewpoints being cross pollinated, even if they are semi official propaganda and talking points.
Still…
This list was trite when OFA-mongers first started putting it up. It’s tiresome and hooey now.
Dissatisfied liberals are not stupid, and this is another way for Obama supporters, and perhaps the Obama administration, to treat dissatisfied liberals like they are. Stupid, that is. Pee on my feet, but don’t tell me it’s raining, style. Heh.
It was never about the NUMBER of bullet points that Obama himself decided were technical promises he decided he made that he could check off his little technical checkoff list to allow people to say he did great wonders.
And, the “he never promised X” garbage doesn’t do it for me either.
It was, and is, about restoring this country and fixing the big ticket items destroying people’s lives.
As to GOTV. I don’t know, maybe it works for the vast majority. I have no idea. Me, I prefer honesty. GOS is about GOTV, even if, arguably, that should be left to the OFA.
I’d prefer the Democrats tell the truth and not paper over their failures. Even in an election season.
This arm waving doesn’t work on me. Never has, never will. As I said, that’s just me.
I respect YOUR honesty — I think you are just trying to GOTV, probably because like many people you’re afraid of what the Republicans will do if they take power. But this list stuff is obfuscation, and that’s all it is.
Ever. In. My. Life.
Here’s the top ten of 238 reasons why:
1. Afghanistan escalation
2. Pakistan Escalation / Drone attacks
3. Torture
4. Renditions
5. Mandated heath care and the death of single payer
6. Hand outs to wall street
7. Covering up for BP in the GOM – and making the situation far worse by spreading dispersants.
8. The attack on Social Security, which has begun under the democrats.
9. ‘Clean’ coal.
10. Offshore oil drilling permits granted. Two weeks before the gulf, btw.
Take the pledge:
Don’t get fooled gain !
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I am voting Republican because…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
The “list” is your basic propaganda.
here is an out and out lie: