Remember how President Barack Hussein Obama said he was going to change how Washington works, and usher in a new era of government transparency and openness, and all that good stuff?
Yeah, he lied:
President Obama promised on the campaign trail that he would have the most transparent administration in history. As part of this commitment, he said that the public would have five days to look online and find out what was in the bills that came to his desk before he signed them. It was his first broken promise, and it’s the promise that keeps on breaking. He has now signed 11 bills into law and gone, at best, 1 for 11 on his five-day posting promise. The Obama administration should deliver on the Web-enabled transparency he promised and post bills for five days before signing.
To the thrill of technology and transparency advocates, candidate Obama promised sunlight before signing: “As president,” his campaign website said, “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.”
But nine days after taking office, he signed a bill into law without posting it on Whitehouse.gov for five days. Since then, 10 more bills have become law over the president’s signature, and only one has been posted online for five days — and that was for five days after it cleared Congress, not after formal presentment. Two bills have been held by the White House for five days before signing — but they weren’t posted online!
Hope?
Change?
Nope, just more of the same.
Unfortunately, this particular lie is not alone. In our glorious President’s first 100 days, he has managed to break six promises and compromise on another seven.
So… is this the President you voted for?
Personally, I just keep hoping he changes.
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