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Presidential Bait-and-Switch
What Obama once promised, and what he's delivering.
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Daily Kos — ... Karl Rove continues his series on what's wrong with Barack Obama's presidency. Considering the eight years worth of up close and personal material he has to work with, you'd think turdblossom could find another presidential target. ...

Rove fires away at Obama
News — ... As he always does, former Bush Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove will undoubtedly stir up the blogosphere today with this op-ed in the Wall Street Journal that is hyper critical of President Obama for saying one thing and doing another. Rove said Obama’s $3.55 trillion budget outline indicates that he is not governing as he pledged he would during the campaign. “Barack Obama won the presidency in large measure because he presented himself as a demarcation point. The old politics, he said, was based on ‘spin,’ misleading arguments, and an absence of candor. He'd ‘turn the page’ ...

Truth in Advertising
Sound Politics — Truth in Advertising Defenders of Obama will no doubt recoil at Karl Rove pointing out the increasingly profound differences between the way Obama coyly campaigned versus many of the actual steps he is taking as President. Fine, if you think Karl Rove is the font of all evil, that's your right. Nevertheless, could you explain why Chris "thrill going up my leg" Matthews is vigorously objecting along the very same lines: As ...

Promises kept
Political Animal — PROMISES KEPT.... Whether one approves of President Obama's agenda, it's hard not to notice that he's doing pretty much exactly what he said he'd do during the presidential campaign. None of his steps thus far have come as a total surprise; Obama is doing what he said he'd do. It was odd, then, to see Karl Rove's latest ...

Victor Davis Hanson: 'Obamafusion'
Hyscience — Wondering why Wall Street is orried? As Victor Davis Hanson writes,"Let us count the ways." Related: Presidential Bait-and-Switch ...

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