Comments on: Why Are We Shocked That the President Broke A Promise He Had No Power to Keep? http://www.sundriesshack.com/2010/01/07/why-are-we-shocked-that-the-president-broke-a-promise-he-had-no-power-to-keep/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Fri, 25 May 2012 21:47:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: democratsarefascistshttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2010/01/07/why-are-we-shocked-that-the-president-broke-a-promise-he-had-no-power-to-keep/comment-page-1/#comment-688413 democratsarefascists Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:15:49 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=11439#comment-688413 It is precisely Obama's arrogant assumption that has has power over everything that is losing him followers. Even some of the die-hard Kool-aid drinkers I know were startled when he took over ABC for the day, when he took over the car companies, when he dictated legislation to Congress earlier this week and when he told C-Span what they could and couldn't have. You don't have a president in Barack Obama. You have a Fuehrer. It is precisely Obama's arrogant assumption that has has power over everything that is losing him followers.

Even some of the die-hard Kool-aid drinkers I know were startled when he took over ABC for the day, when he took over the car companies, when he dictated legislation to Congress earlier this week and when he told C-Span what they could and couldn't have.

You don't have a president in Barack Obama.

You have a Fuehrer.

]]> By: Jimmiehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2010/01/07/why-are-we-shocked-that-the-president-broke-a-promise-he-had-no-power-to-keep/comment-page-1/#comment-688410 Jimmie Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:20:23 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=11439#comment-688410 This is a fantastic comment. I'm going to elevate it to post level, at least an update. This is a fantastic comment. I'm going to elevate it to post level, at least an update.

]]> By: ~*Cheesestick*~http://www.sundriesshack.com/2010/01/07/why-are-we-shocked-that-the-president-broke-a-promise-he-had-no-power-to-keep/comment-page-1/#comment-688404 ~*Cheesestick*~ Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:09:45 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=11439#comment-688404 The thing of it is, when he said this (and many things similar) during the campaign, it wasn't just to make fluffy promises to get elected. He plays on people's ignorance of the processes in which things are done. Most of the people who were impressed by this promise probably never intended to actually watch a debate on C-Span...but figure if he's saying it out loud, they assume that the press and others will hold him accountable; so they don't have to do anything else. His promises to make these debates public implied that everything was completely obscured w/ the Bush admin (implied when he wasn't saying that lie outright). And the people who voted for him bought that too because again, they just assume no one would tell a bold faced lie right there on TV with the whole world watching. The thing of it is, when he said this (and many things similar) during the campaign, it wasn't just to make fluffy promises to get elected. He plays on people's ignorance of the processes in which things are done. Most of the people who were impressed by this promise probably never intended to actually watch a debate on C-Span…but figure if he's saying it out loud, they assume that the press and others will hold him accountable; so they don't have to do anything else. His promises to make these debates public implied that everything was completely obscured w/ the Bush admin (implied when he wasn't saying that lie outright). And the people who voted for him bought that too because again, they just assume no one would tell a bold faced lie right there on TV with the whole world watching.

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