Oh what a shock.... politicians do lie (promise things that cannot achieve) to get elected. If one actually believe the promises of a politician to get in office, one must be incredible naieve.

BTW, both camps are eually guilty. remember: "Read my lips... no more taxes". They will promise you enything to get in office. In fact they will have to or otherwise they won't get elected in the first place.

Couple of things:

First, yes, the "read my lips, no new taxes" was bad. But comparatively, what Barack Obama has done is far worse. Bush made the statement once. Barack Obama repeatedly (over 23 times in a public setting) stated a narrative that was a complete lie.

Second, the reason I harp on Obama is because of the limited vetting that was done on him to begin with. During his run in 2008 and even 2012, he painted himself as the man "above" Washington politics, a man whose word you could trust. Not only has he invalidated every claim he made, he has turned out in many respects to be WORSE than your average lying politician.

Third, his promises got him elected, not his capabilities. Read the Samuel Jackson interview in Ebony magazine in 2008 for the reason he got elected. I would challenge anyone to offer narratives that he was elected on any merit.