20070702 The Democrats Top 100 Broken Promises by House Republican Leader Boehner

Boehner’s plan

July 3^rd, 2007

Hat Tip: Don Surber

In case you missed it Don Surber called to our attention the other day an excellent piece by the House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio…

Boehner’s plan

July 2nd, 2007 by donsurber

Writing in the Washington Times today, House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio gave the obvious reason why only 14% of the public has confidence in Congress: Democratic leaders have broken 100 promises.

People don’t like being lied to. he wrote:

Read the rest of Mr. Surber’s excellent analysis

Thank you Mr. Surber…

Meanwhile the column to which Mr. Surber is calling to our attention was published Jul 2, 2007 in the Washington Times.

Broken promises

July 2, 2007, By John Boehner –

In November, House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, triumphantly declared that "Democrats are prepared to govern and ready to lead." She said Democrats would make the 110th Congress "the most honest, ethical and open Congress in history." That was then.

It's already June and those promises remain completely unfulfilled. In fact, the biggest problem facing House Democrats is their fondness for making promises — promises they can't make good on or never had any intention of keeping.

Sure, you say, politicians make a lot of promises — but they usually keep at least a few of them.

A report released last week by House Republicans — titled "The Top 100 Broken Promises by Democrats" — chronicles the astonishing divide between what congressional Democrats promised and what they've actually delivered. The leaders of the current majority promised they would run the "most honest, open, and ethical Congress in history." What they've delivered is a more closed, intellectually dishonest and ethically ambivalent legislature — precisely the opposite of what the American people thought they were getting.

The Democrats have been entirely unable to govern and their string of broken promises has left few accomplishments of which to speak. Indeed, nearly half of the 39 bills signed into law either name federal property or build a road.

Not surprisingly, Gallup last week showed that just 14 percent of Americans — an all-time low — have confidence in this Congress. The previous low point for Congress was 18 percent at several points in the time period from 1991 to 1994, the last time Democrats were in power.

Read the rest here: Broken promises

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