Every President, every politician, and every human being tells lies and engages in acts of hypocrisy. But Barack Obama does these things to a far greater degree than anyone else that I have ever known of. His campaign promises were so much better sounding than anyone else’s – no lobbyists in his administration, waiting five days before signing all non-emergency bills so people would have time to read them, putting health care negotiations on C-SPAN, reading every bill line by line to make sure money isn’t being wasted, prosecution of Wall St. criminals, ending raids against medical marijuana in states where it’s legal, high levels of transparency. Obama’s promises of these wonderful things sounded inspiring and sincere. They sounded so much better than the promises of any other President. So when Obama broke these promises, it felt so much worse than when other Presidents broke their promises.

Some of the things on this list are major events that should scare the daylights out of any true liberal who cares about civil liberties. Other things on this list are medium things that some Obama supporters may dislike, but would be willing to overlook in light of the things that Obama has done which they like.

And some of the things on this list may seem trivial, but I still think they are an interesting reflection of the kinds of policies that Obama supports. Every claim that I make in this list is sourced. Click on the blue text to see the sources. I have cited a wide variety of sources, from right wing, to left wing, to middle of the road.

1) Carried out military interventionism in Libya without Congressional approval

2) Gave a no-bid contract to Halliburton cronies – just like Bush did

3) Has an administration full of lobbyists, after promising he wouldn’t have any

4) Has close ties to Wall St., but pretends to support Occupy Wall St.

5) Broke his promise to close Guantanamo Bay

6) Supported the $700 billion TARP corporate-welfare bailout just like Bush

7) Waged the biggest war against medical marijuana of any president, which was the opposite of what he had promised

8) Nominated a six-time tax cheater to head the government agency that enforces the tax laws

9) Gave tax dollars to AIG executives, then pretended to be outraged about it

10) Expanded Bush’s unconstitutional government faith based programs

11) Supported Bush’s unconstitutional Patriot Act

12) Increased the national debt more in one term than Bush did in two

13) Agrees with Bush’s support of unconstitutional, indefinite detention of U.S. citizens without filing any charges

14) Agrees with Bush’s support of unconstitutional, warrantless wiretapping

15) Avoided prosecution of Wall. St criminals

16) Had four U.S. citizens killed without judicial process

17) Ordered private company to fire 1,000 employees

18) Stole money from retired teachers and police officers

19) Supported release of convicted mass murderer

20) Illegally put thousands of guns into hands of criminals

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http://www.dividedstates.com/list-of-oba...-at-least-1063/