Saturday Night Live Rightly Says Obama Hasn't Done Anything Yet

As typical critics do, most commenters here are sidetracked and fail to see the real issues eg...
Insurance isn't the health care problem, it is runaway costs of the medical industry...

What Obama has or has not done doesn't matter, deciding how to get rid of him does matter!

etc, etc...

True analytical thinkers with logical minds seek out the real problems and do not waste debate on the frivolity of minutia!

I do find it amusing that there are those that want to "fact check" a comedy skit. It is no doubt that Obama has failed to deliver on many of his promises, and most casual observers would agree that with a democrat controlled congress , most of Obama's agenda should have breezed through.

Even sadder yet, save for FNC, most media outlets are stuck in Obama adoration mode with a collective tingle up the leg ala Chris Mathews. None dare criticize the messiah in chief. It took a lil SNL skit to point out the obvious, even if not entirely accurate, it was more truthful than most alleged news media reports.

Who is John Galt?

aside from the fact that he hasn't kept any of his promises, some of which I'd rather he didn't keep, that bothers me is the media decrying SNL for doing what they've always done. "oh they picked on obama wahhhh" ... I still see "Bush is a Nazi" bumper stickers and documentaries being manufactured. And I live in a red state.

I am not a big fan of SNL, especially when you consider that some of the greats in comedy that started SNL are no longer there or have passed on.

However, this skit could jut as easily be a republican ad showing the ineffectiveness of this president. Here we have a President with clear majorities in both house and senate yet as we approach the one year mark, nothing of any substance has occurred.

Can you imagine if McCain had been elected instead with this congress ? It is obvious that had this been the case, the skits would have started earlier.

I think the honeymoon is finally starting to fade away although there are some stalwart Obama worshipers at NBC & MSNBC that continue to bow and chant MMM MMM MM....Barack Hussein Obama.

Of course, all of Obama's dare I say failures or lack of achievements are all Bush's fault. The fact we have total one party rule in this country at this moment does not matter. Its the evil Republicans, conservatives and lets not forget the evil empire called FOX News Channel.

Despite my disgust at what GWB's administration did to the economy , I did not vote for Obama. I felt that I owed the Republicans my loyalty for working with people like me on the gun control issue, and I feared what the Democrats might do on that front if given the power.

However, I find I like Obama more and more as time goes on. First, he has (so far) stayed away from the gun control issue for the most part. Second, this economy has made me reconsider socialized medicine -- as the cost of private insurance sky-rockets, and even many educated people with work skills and experience find themselves unable to find a professional-level job of the kind which provides decent benefits . Third, the problems we face with the economy at home and evil terrorists abroad are so deep, I don't expect _anyone_ to solve them easily.

So I might well vote for Obama's re- election .

Live from NY its SN! He didn't look or sound at all like Obama, but it was still hilarious! Since when did CNN fact check comedy skits? Since liberal ding-dongs blew their chance to take a few more measured steps toward their socialist utopian nightmare. Over-reach...fall down! At least we get a good laugh out of it.

Lighten up and join the Sarah lovers, you Barach lovers. If comedy brings you up, it can take you down.

I'd be thrilled if he could "just" undo what Bush and Cheney have done in 8 years and prosecute them and their minions for war crimes. Instead, he's continued many of the same policies started by Bush's Executive Orders, our government is no more transparent, he's made backroom deals with Big Pharma, warrantless wiretaps continue, as does "extraordinary rendition", he's filled his administration with Goldman Sachs' thieves, he hasn't acted on global warming , and this constitutional scholar hasn't taken one step to restore the damage done to our interpretation of that document and the rule of law . There is always time to do the right thing...

Create an Advanced Manufacturing Fund to invest in peer-reviewed manufacturing processes

Double funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership, a program that encourages manufacturing efficiency

Include environmental and labor standards in trade agreements

Oppose agreements like CAFTA (the Central American Free Trade Agreement) unless it has environmental and labor protections

Expand the child and dependent care credit

Require publicly traded financial partnerships to pay the corporate income tax

Create an international tax haven watch list

Close loopholes in the corporate tax deductibility of CEO pay

Increase minority access to capital

Require economic justification for tax cuts

Provide option for a pre-filled-out tax form

Create a mortgage interest tax credit for non-itemizers

End income tax for seniors making less than $50,000

Establish a small business initiative for rural America

Implement "Women Owned Business" contracting program

End no-bid contracts above $25,000

Enforce pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) budget rules

Create more public-private business incubators for poor communities

Tax carried interest as ordinary income

Lift the payroll tax cap on earnings above $250,000

Forbid companies in bankruptcy from giving executives bonuses

Allow workers to claim more in unpaid wages and benefits in bankruptcy court

Require full disclosure of company pension investments to employees

Expand the Senior Corps volunteer program

Require that health plans utilize disease management programs

Require providers to report measures of health care costs and quality

Require health plans to disclose how much of the premium goes to patient care

Require health care providers to report preventable medical errors

Hold hospitals and health plans accountable for disparities in care

Strengthen antitrust laws to prevent overcharging for malpractice insurance

Allow imported prescription drugs

Allow Medicare to negotiate for cheaper drug prices

Reimburse employer health plans for a portion of catastrophic costs

Work with schools to create more healthful environments for children

Modernize public health buildings

Fully fund the Combating Autism Act and Federal Autism Research Initiatives

Increase participation in cancer -related clinical trials

Direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a comprehensive study of federal cancer initiatives

Provide the CDC $50 million in new funding to determine the most effective approaches for cancer patient care

Fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Invest $10 billion per year in early intervention educational and developmental programs

Set a national goal to provide re-screening for all 2-year-olds for developmental disorders

Commission a study on students with disabilities and their transition to jobs or higher education

Reinstate executive order to hire an additional 100,000 federal employees with disabilities within five years.

Set goals and timetables for implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act

Create a best practices list for private businesses in accommodating workers with disabilities

Launch educational initiative for employers on tax benefits of hiring employees with disabilities

Create a National Commission on People with Disabilities, Employment, and Social Security

Change federal rules so small businesses owned by people with disabilities can get preferential treatment for federal contracts.

Reduce the threshhold for the Family and Medical Leave Act from companies with 50 employees to companies with 25 employees

Provide a $1.5 billion fund to help states launch programs for paid family and medical leave

Require employers to provide seven paid sick days per year

Streamline the Social Security disability approval process

Amend the Medicare "homebound" rule to allow some travel without loss of benefits

Require post-deployment mental health screenings for veterans

Increase the Veterans Administration budget to recruit and retain more mental health professionals

Fully fund the Veterans Administration

Assure that the Veterans Administration budget is prepared as 'must-pass' legislation

Allow all veterans back into the Veterans Administration

Make the Veterans Administration a national leader in health reform

Expand the Veterans Administration's number of "centers of excellence" in specialty care

Expand housing vouchers program for homeless veterans

Dedicate more resources to fight employment discrimination against military reservists

Issue a "best practices" report for states on reducing domestic violence

Fully fund the Violence Against Women Act

Expand the Family Medical Leave Act to include leave for domestic violence or sexual assault

And 20 other pages of broken promises compiled by the non-partisan Politifact.com.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises /