Fading Hope T-Shirt Blasts Obama

Lesser known disappointments, from the moon to the peace corps

(NEWSER) - “There’s not a single thing that I’ve said that I would do that I have not either done or tried to do,” President Obama boasted to reporters this month. Yeah, right. Salon found plenty of evidence to the contrary, including these lesser-known broken campaign promises :

• The State of the World speech: In 2007, Obama promised an annual “State of the World” address on national security. We’re still waiting.
• Returning to the moon: Candidate Obama said he supported returning to the moon by 2020. But in his 2011 budget, he blasted NASA’s moon program as “over budget, behind schedule, and lacking in innovation,” complaining it had drawn funding from more important priorities.

America wasn't ready for a new progressive era

(NEWSER) - Democrats didn’t just get stomped because of the economy, and they didn’t just have a communication problem. “The public heard us,” writes retiring Sen. Evan Bayh in the New York Times , “but disagreed with our approach.” Democrats overestimated their mandate. Exit polls in 2008 showed 22% as liberals, 32% as conservative, and 44% as moderates. “An electorate that is 76% moderate to conservative was not crying out for a move to the left.” More»

Obama defends record, says he's accomplished 70% of goals

(NEWSER) - Barack Obama is keenly aware that liberals think he hasn’t done enough in office—but he thinks they’re being pessimists. “I keep in my pocket a checklist of the promises I made during the campaign,” he tells Rolling Stone . “We've probably accomplished 70%.” Does he still want to work on things like climate change? Sure. “I’ve been here two years, guys,” he says. More»

The prez isn't really living up to Shepard Fairey's expectations

(NEWSER) - How quickly things change. Shepard Fairey, creator of the iconic Barack Obama ‘Hope’ poster, is no longer feeling quite so smitten with the prez, the New York Post reports. “Washington is too intertwined with corporate America,” Fairey said at a recent show opening. “I had a lot of hope for Obama, but it's not panning out. He's not pushing hard enough.” More»

Tamed-down shirt: 'Health reform is a BFD'

(NEWSER) - With entrepreneurs across the Internet cashing in on Joe Biden's health reform f-bomb, the White House is horning in on the action, as well. But whereas other "big f---ing deal" gear uses a slash to tame the f-word, President Obama's website goes a step further in making the phrase family-friendly: The T-shirt available for $25 from barackobama.com reads "Health Reform is a BFD." More»