The Promise and The Reality
The promises are going faster than a pizza at a Weight Watcher’s Convention.
The Promise: Obama pledged during his campaign that he would give the public five days to review a bill before he signs it.
Sunlight Before Signing: Too often bills are rushed through Congress and to the president before the public has the opportunity to review them. As president, 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.
The Reality: Broken with the 2nd bill he signed.
The House gave final approval on Wednesday to a bill extending health insurance to millions of low-income children, and President Obamasigned it this afternoon, in the first of what he hopes will be many steps to guarantee coverage for all Americans.
5 days? He didn’t even wait 5 hours.
Hope and change.
~McQ
Actually, he broke it with the first bill he signed…
This will be major news, right?
Nah, it’s for the children.
But seriously, this is a major breach of a principle, simply because it is such a simple one. If you can’t follow an easy one, how about harder ones?
Maybe the Chief Performance Officer was supposed to remind him of his promises.
Does your shame know no low, McQ?
Obviously the President was elected with a strong majority and a clear mandate to drive forth his change. The people have spoken and he is but an instrument of their collective voice.
As I explain on my blog today, but pushing forth this bill, he’s actually fulfilling another promise, the promise of fair health care for all. Therefore, he’s actually broken no promises.
Ahhh yes – the ever insightful Ott Scerb. Where ya been my friend?
Obviously that’s an “emergency” bill.
As will be all of them that don’t sit around for five days getting “review and comment” (which would be ignored anyway, realistically – I know I would if I was President, as would pretty much any sane one; by the time it gets that far, he ought to already have an idea as to whether or not it’s a Good Idea To Sign, without waiting for someone to compile a list of “comments” from “the public” [ie. the crazies and obsessives and the people who get email-listed to "comment" on their pet bills]. The idea that such public review and comment over five days is <I>ever going to be useful</i> is maddening.).
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That depends on the definition of “non-emergency”, which Obama is free to fudge whenever he wants so he will in effect never violate this campaign promise.
Smooth as butter.
Maybe the Chief Performance Officer was supposed to remind him of his promises.
That would be the person who walks behind The One, repeating, “Behold, thou art Mortal”, right?
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