#1 “If you like your
doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period. If you like your health
care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. Period. No one will
take it away. No matter what.”
#2 “My administration is
committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in government.”
#3 “We agree on reforms
that will finally reduce the costs of health care. Families will save on their
premiums…”
#4 “I don’t want to pit
Red America against Blue America. I want to be the president
of the United States of America.”
#5 “We’ve
got shovel-ready projects all across the country that governors and
mayors are pleading to fund. And the minute we can get those investments
to the state level, jobs are going to be created.”
#6 “And we will pursue the
housing plan I’m outlining today. And through this plan, we will help between 7
and 9 million families restructure or refinance their mortgages so they can
afford—avoid foreclosure.”
#7 “I will sign a
universal health-care bill into law by the end of my first term as president
that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family’s premium
by up to $2,500 a year.”
#8 “We reject the use of
national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime.”
#9 “For people with
insurance, the only impact of the health-care law is that their insurance is
stronger, better, and more secure than it was before. Full stop. That’s it.
They don’t have to worry about anything else.”
#10 “We will close the
detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, the location of so many of the worst
constitutional abuses in recent years.”
#11 “Allow Americans to buy
their medicines from other developed countries if the drugs are safe and prices
are lower outside the U.S.”
#12 “We will revisit the
Patriot Act and overturn unconstitutional executive decisions issued during the
past eight years.”
#13 “Will ensure that
federal contracts over $25,000 are competitively bid.”
#14 “We reject sweeping
claims of ‘inherent’ presidential power.”
#15 “Will eliminate all
income taxation of seniors making less than $50,000 per year. This will
eliminate taxes for 7 million seniors — saving them an average of $1,400 a
year– and will also mean that 27 million seniors will not need to file an
income tax return at all.”
#16 “We support
constitutional protections and judicial oversight on any surveillance program
involving Americans.”
#17 “If we have not gotten
our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will
do. I will get our troops home, we will end this war. You can take
that to the bank.”
#18 “Will not sign any
non-emergency bill without giving the American public an opportunity to review
and comment on the White House website for five days.”
#19 “The President does not
have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack
in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to
the nation.”
#20 “We have a choice in
this country. We can accept a politics that breeds division and conflict and
cynicism…. That is one option. Or, at this moment, in this election, we can
come together and say, ‘Not this time….’”
#21 “We’ve got to spend
some money now to pull us out of this recession. But as soon as we’re out of
this recession, we’ve got to get serious about starting to live within our
means, instead of leaving debt for our children and our grandchildren and our
great-grandchildren.”
#22 “[T]oday I’m pledging
to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office.
This will not be easy. It will require us to make difficult decisions and face
challenges we’ve long neglected. But I refuse to leave our children with a debt
that they cannot repay – and that means taking responsibility right now, in
this administration, for getting our spending under control.”
#23 “I, Barack Hussein
Obama, do solemnly swear that I will execute the office of president of the
United States faithfully, and will to the best of my ability, preserve,
protect, and defend the constitution of the United States.”
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