“Category after category, Barack Obama hasn't met the promises that he laid out to the American people.” PeoplePromiseMetsBarackCategories Author:Reince Priebus
“Barack didn't pledge riches, only a life that would be interesting. On that promise he delivered.” Would BeInterestingPromiseRichesBarackPledge Author:Michelle Obama
“Barack Obama's campaign of empty self-contradictory promises has apparently hoodwinked the state of Wyoming.” SelfStatesPromiseEmptyCampaignsBarackContradictoryWyoming Author:Charles Foster Johnson
“Suffering will always be there. You'll always have the poor. You have to own your own progress. It is true that because of the economy and the fear factor the president [Barack Obama] is able to execute a lot of promises that it would be difficult to deliver it not for the fear factor. It's funny. He's delivering on what he promised and we call it fear.” Would BeAbleSufferingDifficultPresidentPoorEconomyProgressPromiseFactorsBarackDeliveringPresident Barack Obama Author:Russell Simmons
“The administration [ of Barack Obama ]says I`m wrong, that there`s nothing to worry about. They say the deal is nearly done, and they are making a lot of promises about how the deal will affect workers, the environment and human rights - promises. But people like you can`t see the actual deal.” PeopleHumansDoneDealsWorryEnvironmentRightsLike YouPromiseWorkersHuman RightsAdministrationBarack Author:Elizabeth Warren
“Hillary Clinton has aligned herself with Barack Obama on ISIS, Iran and the economy. It's an alliance doomed to fail. My proven record suggests that - my detailed plans will fortify our national and economic security. And my proven record as governor makes - will give you a sense that I don't make false promises.” GivingEconomyRecordsPlansFailingEconomicSecurityPromiseClintonBarackIranGovernorsDoomedProvenIsisAlliancesEconomic SecurityFalse Promises Author:Jeb Bush
“[Barack Obama failed to sell a health care reform plan to American voters] because the utter implausibility of its central promise - expanded coverage at lower cost - led voters to conclude that it would lead ultimately to more government, more taxes and more debt.” GovernmentCarePlansPromiseCostTaxesSellsDebtReformBarackHealth CareVotersCoverageHealth Care ReformAmerican Voters Author:Charles Krauthammer
“Closing the prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is a promise President [Barack] Obama made it but has yet to fulfill.” MadePresidentPromisePrisonMade ItBarackClosingCubaPresident Barack ObamaGuantanamoGuantanamo Bay Author:Audie Cornish
“If I listen to a campaign promises, I would expect that on the first day [Donald Trump] would cancel all of the DACA documents out there that President [Barack] Obama unconstitutionally issued.” IfsFirstsPresidentTrumpPromiseCampaignsBarackDocumentsPresident Barack Obama Author:Steve King
“In terms of the Patriot Act, and all the other things he has pledged he would do, such as transparency in government,[Barack] Obama has reneged on his promises.” GovernmentTermPromiseBarackPatriotTransparencyPatriot Act Author:Nat Hentoff
“Candidates run for election on campaign promises, but once they're elected they renege on those promises, which happened with President [Barack] Obama on Guantánamo, the surveillance programs and investigating the crimes of the Bush administration. These were very serious campaign promises that were not fulfilled.” RunningPresidentHappenedCrimeSeriousPromiseProgramElectionCampaignsAdministrationBarackCandidatesFulfilledSurveillancePresident Barack ObamaInvestigating Author:Edward Snowden
“Now Barack Obama, who campaigned for transparency, is the President defending secret negotiations on new trade agreements that are largely being written by corporate lawyers and lobbyists. He would give corporations the key to the treasury while he gets the authority to fast track another hammering of working people and the environment. Yet the only people who get a real tongue-lashing from this President's White House are progressives around town who dare to call him on the carpet for abandoning his promises.” PeopleGivingRealHousePresidentWhiteSecretEnvironmentWrittenKeysPromiseAuthorityTownsTradeTrackDareTongueLawyerBarackCorporateCorporationsAgreementWhite HouseNegotiationCarpetTransparencyTreasuryLobbyistsTrade Agreements Author:Bill Moyers
“When we remember presidents who didn't fulfill their promises - for instance George H.W. Bush saying no new taxes or Barack Obama saying he would close the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay - we remember those because they're the exceptions, not the rule.” RememberPresidentPromiseTaxesInstanceBarackExceptionFacilitySaying NoDetentionGuantanamoGuantanamo BayGeorge H W Bush Author:Evan Osnos
“Ending Islamic terrorism, Trump made a big point of using that phrase because that`s the phrase that Barack Obama declined to use. I think he promised to eradicate. I think eradicate was the word he used. That is a big promise. And setting up a standard for himself.” ThinkingPromiseTerrorismBarackIslamic Author:Susan Page
“Is it civility for Barack Obama to continually lie, to promise the same things he's promised us last year and the year before? Jobs, jobs, jobs, shovel-ready, shovel-ready, shovel-ready, earmarks, spending freezes, all of these things he's promised before. Where is the civility in misleading the people?” PeopleLyingPromiseBarackCivilityMislead Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Barack Obama isn't the first politician to break a promise, torture the truth or outright lie to the American people. But, he certainly is among the most accomplished at it.” PeopleFirstsLyingBreakPoliticianPromiseBarackTortureAccomplished Author:Bob Beauprez
“President Obama is the kind of politician who puts promises on the record, and then calls that the record. But we are four years into this presidency. The issue is not the economy as Barack Obama inherited it, not the economy as he envisions it, but this economy as we are living it.” YearsKindPresidentEconomyIssuesRecordsFourPoliticianPromiseBarackPresident ObamaFour YearsPresidency Author:Paul Ryan