'Nother One for JG

In our continuing quest to run down the President, we bring you...

No, Blog Brother Johngalt asked for examples of disingenuousness from the President for use in a family email thread. Here's one (video at the link).

Candidate Barack Obama: “When I’m elected president you’re going to see this health care legislation written in the open. It’s going to be on C-SPAN, and you’ll be able to see all the different people arguing to see whether they’re on your side or they’re on the side of the drug companies and the insurance companies and so on. But you’ll be able to see that process on C-SPAN.”

Small point of order -- the guys in my side are "on the side of the drug companies and the insurance companies and so on" but that is off-point. Candidate/Senator Obama promised all kinds of transparency: 48 hours of bills online, CSPAN debates, &c. President Obama, conversely, is selecting which private companies constitute news organizations and ramming bills through the legislative process even too fast for Congress (think about that...)

UPDATE: Also curious that he had no compunction about dictating policy to the Legislative Branch and sadly less curious that noone called him on it.

Obama Administration Posted by John Kranz at October 28, 2009 3:22 PM