- Proposed 3 year spending freeze. TRUTH: He attacked John McCain for proposing one, & his so-called freeze would save only about 0.58% of the total, non-security related budget.
- Called for a bipartisan fiscal commission. TRUTH: Crashed in the Senate this week, defeated by equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans.
- Called for open government, "to do our work openly.." TRUTH: Obama skipped past a broken promise from his campaign -- to have the negotiations for health care legislation broadcast on C-SPAN. Nor has Obama lived up to his pledge to ensure legislation is posted online.
- "We will continue to go through the budget line by line to eliminate programs that we can't afford..." TRUTH: Congress routinely rejects the White House's suggested spending cuts.
- "The United States and Russia are completing negotiations on the farthest-reaching arms control treaty in nearly two decades." TRUTH: While officials say they think a deal on a new treaty is within reach, there has been no breakthrough.
- Claimed more success than his predecessor at killing terrorists. TRUTH: It is an impossible claim to verify. Neither the Bush administration or the Obama administration has published enemy body counts. [6]
Fact Checking Barack Hussein Obama: Mostly Lies. What Did You Expect, The Truth?
Posted By RBLibertarian
Thursday, January 28, 2010
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