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Barack Obama's Top Ten Campaign Promises

Friday January 25, 2008
Barack Obama's Top 10 Campaign Promises

Barack Obama delivered the Top Ten list during an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman.

Barack Obama's Top Ten Campaign Promises

10. To keep the budget balanced, I'll rent the situation room for sweet sixteens.
9. I will double your tax money at the craps table.
8. Appoint Mitt Romney secretary of lookin' good.
7. If you bring a gator to the White House, I'll wrestle it.
6. I'll put Regis on the nickel.
5. I'll rename the tenth month of the year ''Barack-tober.''
4. I won’t let Apple release the new and improved Ipod the day after you bought the previous model.
3. I'll find money in the budget to buy Letterman a decent hairpiece.
2. Pronounce the word nuclear, nuclear.
1. Three words: Vice President Oprah.

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Comments

February 7, 2008 at 4:27 pm
(1) mirkanda says:

Hi Barack
i just wanted you to know that even though i am only 13 years old i am always telling those who could vote to vote for you because we all are ready for a change and you promised it to us so thankyou and i hope that you win for president.

February 13, 2008 at 4:04 am
(2) politicalhumor says:

Yes you can!

September 20, 2008 at 10:45 am
(3) Kiiiristin says:

Go McCain!

October 10, 2008 at 11:10 pm
(4) eli-jah says:

EVEN THOUGH IM 13YRS OLD LIKE THE OTHER GURL WHO MADE THE OTHE COMMENT I STILL WANT U TO WIN!!!I HOPE U END THE WAR PLEASE AND MAKE HISTORY PLEASE AMERICA!!!

OBAMA

October 23, 2008 at 10:19 pm
(5) jessie says:

Obama is good…

BUT…

Mccain is better!!

October 30, 2008 at 3:39 pm
(6) rafael puga says:

go obama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

November 5, 2008 at 1:45 am
(7) Nick says:

Dude…really? Your 13. His presidency won’t even effect you. You’ll only be 17 when he comes out of office. So your opinion doesn’t even matter. First off I want to start out by saying that this website is a perfect example of how his term is going to be. You really thought that he was going to make things all peachy again. Like in the 80s and 90s. The only reason Reagan and Clinton got all the fame is because we had the .com boom. Internet and new electronics had everything to do with the great economy. The president doesn’t have any control over the economy. Everything is still gonna happen no matter who is in office. So for all you people that got sucked in to that lie…good job. You really thought that the FREE HEALTH CARE crap was a deal??? Where do you think that money is gonna come from??? So basically what its doin is…remember that kid in high school homeroom that always messed around and got kicked outta class everyday and never turned in his work. Couldn’t manage to get higher than a 50% in any of his classes. Dropped out Junior year? YOUR GONNA BE PAYIN FOR HIS HEALTH CARE PLAN!!!!!!! I can’t even believe people got sucked in by all his lies. He’s a good speaker…thats about all he had going for him. He had the power to manipulate you to think he was for the better. So when he has these thousand dollar dinners and claims they were government realated and lets you pay for it with your taxes…I’m just gonna sit back and simply say…”I’m not one of those that likes to rub it in…but told you so haha!”. Oh and I would really like to here from all you Obama lovers…so if you honestly think you have a good argument, hit me up haha. I’m waitin for a good argument…

November 5, 2008 at 2:35 am
(8) monica says:

i agree with nick about obama.
but disagree with the first part. even tho they are 13 doesnt mean what they think doesnt matter. theyre our future. and in 8 years theyll be able to vote. its good that theyre taking interest now and having an opinion. i wish more 13 year olds would take interes in politics so theyll know exactly what they want and dont want in a president when theyre old enough t vote

November 7, 2008 at 4:38 pm
(9) lsh says:

I disagree with Nick completely. Obama is no worse than anyone else we have had as president. I am tired of being told blacks only voted for him because he is black. well that wouldn’t have even been an issue if he were white. No one says whites voted for white candidates. It’s just another way of showing prejudice in the US. Blacks don’t realize that the 50’s and 60’s were not that long ago. Things have changed and have gotten better. However we still have a long way to go.
MCCain was going to tax people for the $5000 he was going to give. I don’t see spread the wealth as taking care of others. I see it as the small guy finely getting a break. Rich people get breaks all the time. Now it’s my turn and I will not apologize for being middle-class and wanting to be more. I work everyday so I am not asking for a handout. A hand up would finally be nice.
If you can voter for a man who says he is proud of supporters who threaten another man’s life. I feel sorry for you. All that says is that my point about changes in america is true.

November 12, 2008 at 4:13 pm
(10) Jasmine says:

hahaha!!! to all the people who were against obama!!! he is president now!!!!!!! so deal with it!!!!! mccain sucks!!! hahahahahah!

November 20, 2008 at 7:39 pm
(11) KATE THE GREAT says:

hahaha I agree with you jasmine!! OK NICK here we go.. first off stop hating cuz the guy is an african american. 2 – as for the 13 yr olds voting for him it is their business and their right to have an opinion because it will effect their future.. they got many many years to live so whats going on now will effect right 10 years from now.. your probably like 60 yrs old so this really doesnt matter to you so you should mind your business when these little girls talk.. also.. im assuming you voted for bush the 2nd time around right? please tell me why we are in war? wat progress have we made by being in war? i would love to hear your explanation. you should go to youtube.com and type in loose change.. its a long movie but its worth watching.. anyways.. mccain is another bush just a different name.. and when obama starts making progress ima be ROTFL thinking about you.. and you’ll still manage to find an excuse to hate on him.. but guess what hunny??!?!? he is president!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OBAMA FOR THE WIN!!!!!!

January 6, 2009 at 9:34 am
(12) Juanita says:

In case you didn’t notice, the peoples votes don’t count. Most of the peoples votes were for McCain. It is only the state votes that count. So we are all in for armageddon Thank you US Govt!!!

April 3, 2009 at 9:00 am
(13) Ben says:

Just a little error with monica’s statement. People can vote once they reach the age of 18.

Math failure?

November 2, 2009 at 2:54 am
(14) Mimi says:

Ben you are the one with a math problem….the next election is in 8 years…so Monica is right in saying the 13 year old can vote in 8 years…unless you are thinking that the US election period will be moved to 2013!! Geez…people are so quick to correct others not realizing their own mistakes…

November 2, 2009 at 3:00 am
(15) Mimi says:

Re-sent messgae:

Ben you are the one with a math problem….the next election that the teen can vote for is in 8 years…so Monica is right in saying the 13 year old can vote in 8 years…unless you are thinking that the US election period will be moved to 2013!! Geez…people are so quick to correct others not realizing their own mistakes…

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