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This ‘Toon Says It All * Open Thread

By SusanUnPC on January 24, 2009 at 9:15 PM in Obama Administration, Obama's Broken Promises, Obamatopia, Qualifications, Women and Children

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Special thanks to Catlibber for sending me this cartoon! This ‘toon brings to mind a link that Larry sent me earlier today, about Obama’s performance to date — if he’s kept his campaign promises, or not, and which ones he has yet to do anything about:

It’s from the St. Petersburg Times, and it’s called “The Obameter: Tracking Obama’s Campaign Promises.”

Here’s the outline and graph:

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Then click here to see the specific promises that the newspaper is tracking in its “Truth-O-Meter.”

I don’t see stem cell research, which is one that I’m personally tracking. Since Obama aggressively used stem cell research against McCain, it’s one promise that I want to use to “hold his feet to the fire” to make sure he follows through and doesn’t, as some suspect, leave it to Congress, which will take far too long.

Last night, PatRacimora acknowledged that Obama did keep his promise on lifting the worldwide gag rule.

That’s just as important: We need to give President Obama credit when he’s got it coming, and the action that PatRacimora describes is VERY important to women around the world.