Thursday, February 5, 2009

Another broken campaign promise

We're only 3 weeks into Obama's presidency and another campaign promise has been broken. Remember when the "hope and change" guy promised transparency and no rushing of bills through Congress before they can be read by even the people voting on them?

In fact, Obama's web page says

Sunlight Before Signing: Too often bills are rushed through Congress and to
the president before the public has the opportunity to review them. As
president, 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.

AND


Shine Light on Earmarks and Pork Barrel Spending: Obama's Transparency and
Integrity in Earmarks Act will shed light on all earmarks by disclosing the name
of the legislator who asked for each earmark, along with a written
justification, 72 hours before they can be approved by the full Senate.


In tonight's speech Obama justified earmarks in the stimulus bill by saying "when was the last time a bill of this magnitude went out without earmarks?" Oh, that makes it OK then, cause he said so.

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