Andrew Kaczynski

6 Times Obama Promised To Cut The Deficit

buzzfeed.com — The President didn't manage to deliver on promises that he would restore fiscal sanity to Washington during the 2008. He blames Republican obstructionism, while it's become a major Republican talking point in the 2012 campaign.

Four Times Obama Promised To End No Bid Contracts

buzzfeed.com — Senator Barack Obama campaigned loudly to put a stop to no-bid government contracts in 2008 and blasted the Bush Administration for giving "sweetheart deals" to companies like Halliburton. As President, the Obama administration has failed to end such contracts and even awarded a $433-million no bid contract for a smallpox vaccine to a company largely owned by longtime Democratic donor.

Obama Hit Hillary In 2008 Mailer For Individual Mandate Penalty

buzzfeed.com — The mailings went out across Ohio during the heated 2008 primary, and hit Clinton for the individual mandate and penalzing those who don't buy health insurance. Hillary Clinton said the mailing was a lie and seemed "almost if the insurance companies or the Republicans wrote it."

In 2004, Then State-Senator Obama Dismissed, Criticized Positive Jobs Report

buzzfeed.com — The Democratic Conventions ends the day before jobs numbers for August will be released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a scenario that is high risk-high reward for President Obama. In 2004, then State Senator Obama dismissed a better than expected jobs report for the Bush Administration.

The Ultimate Barack Obama Video Timeline

buzzfeed.com — In 1990 Barack Obama was elected the first black president of the Harvard Law Review. This video from 1991, shot for TBS black history minute features the young Obama telling the audience about Charles Hamilton Houston. Following Obama's graduation from Harvard Law he moved back to Chicago where he worked as community organizer and civil rights attorney.

As Candidate, Obama Promised To Raise The Minimum Wage Annually, But It Remains The Same

buzzfeed.com — In 2008 candidate Obama promised to annually raise the minimum wage. But the federal minimum wage, controlled by Congress, today remains at $7.25 an hour, the same rate it has been since January of 2009 when the last round of wage increases signed into law by George Bush went into effect.

Obama's First Political Vacation

buzzfeed.com — It was Barack Obama's first real introduction into the ruthless nature of Chicago-style politics. In a race what would be the first major disappointment of Barack Obama's young political career, one glaring political blunder helped define his campaign. The 38-year-old State Senator was relatively unknown in Chicago's 1st Congressional district, where he was campaigning against incumbent Bobby Rush, a local icon.

The Greatest Hits Of Barack Obama's Liberal 1990s

buzzfeed.com — The Romney campaign is dwelling on a video on the Drudge Report today in which Obama praises redistribution. He was pretty liberal back then.

When Obama Was "A Progressive Urban Democrat"

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Barack Obama In 1993 On His Political Future

buzzfeed.com — Barack Obama In 1993 On His Political Future: The future President said he would run for office if he felt it would do more for the pu...

Obama Attacked McCain For Making Medicare Cuts To Pay For His Health Care Plan: "It Ain't Right"

buzzfeed.com — President Obama often fends off attacks he cut Medicare to pay for ObamaCare. But in 2008, Obama was himself attacking John McCain on parallen terrain, saying his plan cut 800 billion dollars from Medicare to pay for his health care reform plan.

"Gas Station For Obama" Prices Are Up 62 Cents From 2008

buzzfeed.com — "Gas Station For Obama" Prices Are Up 62 Cents From 2008: The Obama-themed gas station starred in the Obama campaign's web video i...

9 Tall Tales From Barack Obama's Memoir

buzzfeed.com — David Maraniss's new biography of Barack Obama challenges parts of Obama's own memoir, Dreams from my Father, as BuzzFeed reported .

Obama In Campaign Video: "I Am Not Going To Take Your Guns Away....That Just Ain't True"

buzzfeed.com — The video is on his official Barack Obama YouTube channel. He delivered the line in 2008, countering warnings from the National Rifle Association.

Five Obama Administration Sequester Warnings That Didn't Pan Out

buzzfeed.com — Some agencies have dealt with budget cuts by shifting money and cutting back. Other predictions were outright false.

At Harvard, Obama Dived Into Diversity Fight

buzzfeed.com — Politics At Harvard, Obama Dived Into Diversity Fight In this video, not previously available online but licensed by BuzzFeed from a Boston television station, the future president speaks at a 1990 campus protest organized to demand tenure for minority and female law professors .

Barack Obama Thrice Mentioned Janesville GM Plant's Closure In 2008

buzzfeed.com — The President three times said he would help retool the GM plant to re-open, and also commented on the announcement the plant was closing.

Obama Twice Dismissed Bush Jobs Report Showing Gains Of 300,000 Jobs

buzzfeed.com — The August jobs report released this morningshowed the economy gaining a disappointing 96,000 jobs. While running for Senate in 2004, then state senator Obama twice dismissed and criticized a Bush jobs reporting showing a gain of over 300,000 jobs.

New Obama Ad "Seen" Edits Out Context Of Romney's Remarks

buzzfeed.com — Romney said he would be "delighted" to sign the bill banning all abortions in a hypothetical situation where it was the "consensus" of the entire country. Romney says we wants t...

Obama Says To Look At "Videotape" For His Flip-Flops

buzzfeed.com — The President hit Mitt Romney for flip-flopping today on the campaign trail in Iowa saying you can look at videotape of his past positions and not see flip-flops. The President, however, has engaged in his own of political gymnastics as well.

On Civil Liberties, A Tale Of Two Obamas

buzzfeed.com — A Justice Department memo that surfaced this week providing legal justification for the Obama administration's use of drone strikes against American citizens suspected of plotting terrorist attacks stands in stark contrast with the platform Barack Obama ran on in 2008 - and the civil liberties he championed as a young, liberal State Senator in Illinois.

Flashback: When Obama Condemned Selling Access

buzzfeed.com — In his 2008 presidential campaign announcement speech, Obama attacked "the cynics, and the lobbyists, and the special interests" who "write the checks" and "get the access ...

Obama Once Used Walmart Ties As A Wedge Issue

buzzfeed.com — President Barack Obama nominated Sylvia Mathews Burwell, a one-time Clinton deputy-OMB director and current president on the Walmart foundation, to be his next budget chief Monday. But it was not long ago Obama was using ties to Walmart as a wedge issue attacking Hillary Clinton's service on the board of directors of the world's largest retailer.

Washington Post

washingtonpost.com — D.C. resident Jacques Tiziou has a taste for cicadas. He collects, prepares and eats the young, winged-insects for brunch. (Video from 2004)