“And as for Obama’s statement, well let’s just say that there probably was a reason for him to make a statement that direct and unambiguous when he could have said something convoluted and empty with no meaning”
What about this selection of quotes?
Under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions, and federal conscience laws will remain in place.”
U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., September 9, 2009.
We have run out of places in the US to drill for oil.
Obama’s oval office speech in June 2010
“Contrary to the claims of some of my critics and some of the editorial pages, I am an ardent believer in the free market.“
Russert: “So you will not run for president or vice president in 2008?”
Obama: “I will not.”
Jan 20, 2006, “Meet the Press”
“the most transparent administration ever”
Multiple sources
That is why I have ordered the closing of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay...
Address to Joint Session of Congress, Feb. 24, 2009
And in honor of our new military presence in Uganda:
I am not opposed to all wars. I’m opposed to dumb wars.
The New Yorker, May 31, 2004
Fair enough, but these statements are not the same as signing statements, which presidents do have some form of commitment to, since all presidents in addresses have said less than truthful things. Plus, some of those statements are just examples of ignorance or delusion rather than out and out lying, as in “I am not opposed to all wars. I’m opposed to dumb wars.” - in that statement, it is left up to him what defines a “dumb war” so it is not as definitive as this singing statement