Posted by
deaninwaukesha on Sunday, January 25, 2009 11:06:26 PM
No sooner did we post
this below, than another promise was "adjusted."
From
knoxnews.com via the one and only
Instapundit, we discover another campaign promise from Obama that gets dubious treatment.
If you look at the front page of
The Obameter, you will find that promise 13 is no longer there.
Here's the explanation.
The rating was unusual because Congress actually passed it before he was elected. Our reasoning was that as the nominee of the Democratic Party at the time, he was effectively the leader of the party and it seemed reasonable for him to share in the credit.
This is all well and good, but it was a promise, wasn't it? And as such, shouldn't it be dealt with in some way? And not just ignored?
That will temporarily reduce our total to 509 campaign promises. But we expect to add several new ones that we've discovered in the next week or two.
So who knows how many we'll have in a couple of weeks.
A reader,
Todd, mentions he has a spread sheet with 895 promises. It requires a free registration to the website, but is truly an impressive document.
Numbers may vary. Opinions as to whether the promise was kept or not may vary a little less. But PoliFact has some more 'splainin' to do.