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FLASHBACK: 4 Years Ago Today, Obama’s First #SOTU Was Laundry List Of Empty Promises

January 27, 2014

  • Four years ago today, President Obama used his first State of the Union to reiterate a litany of broken promises and failed policies.

  • The laundry list of promises: telling Americans they could keep their current insurance under ObamaCare, vowing to rein in the debt, and lamenting the lack of accountability in Washington.

  • Today, as President Obama readies to take the rostrum again, poll after poll shows the broken promises of Washington Democrats have finally caught up with them.

  • In 2014, it’s time we hold Democrats accountable for their failures.  We’ve already seen what they can do with complete control of Washington. $17 trillion in debt and a disastrous healthcare bill later, we’re not going back.

 

4 years ago

 

President Obama, January 27, 2010: ObamaCare “Would Preserve The Right Of Americans Who Have Insurance To Keep Their Doctor And Their Plan.” “Our approach would preserve the right of Americans who have insurance to keep their doctor and their plan.  It would reduce costs and premiums for millions of families and businesses.” (President Barack Obama, State of the Union, Washington DC, 1/27/10)

  • PolitiFact’s 2013 Lie Of The Year: “If You Like Your Healthcare Plan, You Can Keep It.” “For all of these reasons, PolitiFact has named “If you like your health care plan, you can keep it,” the Lie of the Year for 2013. Readers in a separate online poll overwhelmingly agreed with the choice.” (Angie Holan, “Lie Of The Year: ‘If You Like Your Health Care Plan, You Can Keep It’,” PolitiFact, 12/12/13)

Obama Also Vowed To Rein In Our Growing National Debt. “But understand –- understand if we don’t take meaningful steps to rein in our debt, it could damage our markets, increase the cost of borrowing, and jeopardize our recovery -– all of which would have an even worse effect on our job growth and family incomes.” (President Barack Obama, State of the Union, Washington DC, 1/27/10)

President Obama: People Have Lost Faith In How Washington Works. “To do that, we have to recognize that we face more than a deficit of dollars right now.  We face a deficit of trust -– deep and corrosive doubts about how Washington works that have been growing for years.” (President Barack Obama, State of the Union, Washington DC, 1/27/10)

  • ABC News: “Unclear If Any Administration Officials Directly Responsible For The Project Will Be Shown The Door.” “The development and roll-out of the federal online health insurance marketplace has been panned inside and outside the White House as a management fiasco. But still unclear, two months after its launch, is whether any administration officials directly responsible for the project will be shown the door.” (Devin Dwyer, “Will Heads Roll? Who Gets Fired Over Obamacare?,” ABC News, 12/5/13)