“The times are too serious, the stakes are too high for this same partisan playbook” – August 28, 2008
“95% of working families will get a tax cut” – September 26, 2008
“I will put an end to lobbyists and special interests in Washington” – October 7, 2008
“What I’ve done throughout this campaign is to propose a net spending cut” – October 15, 2008
“I have been a strong proponent of pay-as- you-go. Every dollar that I’ve proposed, I’ve proposed an additional cut so that it matches.” – October 15, 2008
“to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need your help. And I will be your president, too.” – November 4, 2008
“[The stimulus plan] contains an unprecedented level of transparency and accountability so that every American will be able to go online and see where and how we’re spending every dime. What it does not contain, however, is a single pet project, not a single earmark, and it has been stripped of the projects members of both parties found most objectionable.” – February 9, 2009
Obama’s own words, nothing but lies.