Flashback Video: In '09, Mary Landrieu Said She'd Be 100% Accountable For ObamaCare

Louisiana voters should hold Sen. Mary Landrieu to her pledge in 2014.


In '09, Mary Landrieu Said She'd Be 100% Accountable For ObamaCare

President Obama is now 'agnostic' on possible taxe hikes for households below $250K a year

Agnostic? That is a strange term to apply to tax increases. It sounds like he can't decide if he wants to tax the middle-class or not. He wasn't this uncertain during the campaign. Actually, he was very emphatic he would never raise taxes on anyone who makes less than $250 thousand per year. Watch this video.




The NY Daily News reported:

WASHINGTON - President Obama says he is now "agnostic" about raising taxes on households making under...

Oh well. The campaign is over.

Senate Democrats refuse to vote to support Obama's pledge you can keep your current insurance

President Barack Obama has pledged you can keep your current health insurance under his health care reform plan.

From Organizing for America:


Senator Orrin Hatch, Utah (R), introduced an amendment to back up Obama's pledge.


Of course, the amendment failed. Here are the Democrats that voted against it.

ROCKEFELLER: No.

CONRAD: No.

BINGAMAN: No.

KERRY: No by proxy.

LINCOLN: No.

WYDEN: No.

SCHUMER : No by proxy.

STABENOW: No.

CANTWELL: No.

NELSON: No.

MENENDEZ: No.

CARPER: No by proxy.

The Disingenuous New York Times and Obama's Tax Pledge

When Republicans tried to paint Obama as a tax and spend liberal who would raise Americans taxes, the New York Times had his back.

From Times Watch:

During the campaign the Times consistently guarded Obama's vulnerable left flank on taxes, insisting Obama would not raise taxes on the middle-class, only "the wealthy," -- the wealthy as determined by the liberal New York Times, anyway.

Reporter Steven Greenhouse, October 31, 2008: "Independent analyses of the presidential candidates’ tax proposals show that those who make less than $250,000 a year would not see their taxes raised under Senator Barack Obama’s plans."

Reporter Jim Rutenberg, October 16, 2008: "Mr. Obama’s plan would raise taxes on filers earning more than $250,000 a year, a category that includes some small businesses, but would cut taxes on households earning less than $200,000 a year."

Now that the campaign is over, The New York Times is in a "full-throated call" for President Obama to break his campaign promise to not raise taxes on families making under $250,000.

From a NY Times editorial via Newsbusters:

So far, the Obama administration's plan for dealing with the budget deficit -- an estimated $9 trillion over a decade -- is to not dig the hole any deeper. That's an important first step. President Obama deserves credit for proposing ways to pay for his two big initiatives to date: health care reform and energy legislation. Reducing the growth in health care costs, in particular, is vital to curbing future deficits....But, sooner than he may prefer, Mr. Obama will have to face up to what he has so far avoided: the need to raise taxes broadly to rein in deficits....Neither economic growth nor spending cuts will be enough to fix the projected shortfalls. Nor is there enough to be gained by confining tax increases only to families making more than $250,000 a year, a campaign promise that Mr. Obama still says he will keep.

Obama Team Refuses to Stand by Pledge to not Raise Taxes on Anyone Making Less Than $250 Thousand(video)

At today's White House Press conference, spokesman Robert Gibbs was asked if President Obama was standing by his pledge to not raise taxes on anyone making less than $250 thousand. Gibbs said, "the question is hypothetical" and "we are going to let the process work it's way through." He refused to reaffirm Obama's pledge in spite of being pressed by reporters. Many claim the promise was broken when cigarette taxes were raised.

From YouTube:

At today's White House press briefing, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs refused to rule out increasing taxes on the middle-class, something President Obama pledged to never do on the campaign trail.

WH Won't Rule Out Tax Increase On Middle-Class (video)



Here is Candidate Obama's "firm pledge" to not raise any tax an anyone making less than $250 thousand.

President Obama s Pledge Never to Raise Taxes on Anyone Making Less Than 250 000 a Year (video)