Obama’s Broken Promise #1: Fully Plug-in White House Fleet

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Sep 6, 2011 No Comments ›› Jason Stomps
Welcome to the new CompareMyCandidates.com Brutally Honest Politics series, “Obama’s Broken Promises.” As we all know, every politician makes promises throughout their career, especially while campaigning. However, just how many of these so called “promises” are actually kept and followed through with? Isn’t one of the major reasons we vote for a candidate based on their campaign platform?
If we vote for a particular candidate, we expect them to keep their promises. This article series is designed to show you just how many promises are broken by each politician. And with the 2012 elections right around the corner, there’s no better place to start than at the top. Do you have a suggestion for a broken promise? Let us know here.
 

Obama’s Broken Promise #1: Fully Plug-in White House Fleet

One of President Obama’s many campaign promises was his dedication to an environmentally sensitive administration. Under the green side of his campaign he promised:

Within one year of becoming President, the entire White House fleet will be converted to plugins.

-Barack Obama

Well, in case you haven’t seen a convoy of black cars, SUV’s and vans rolling down your street lately, this is what his “plug-in” White House fleet looks, and sounds, like (note the difference when you look at actual plugin-cars here):

 

Progress of the Promise

Nearing 3 years into his presidency, the only thing that I could find that even came close to his proposed campaign promise of an all-electric White House fleet is the purchase of 2,500 hybrid vehicles in 2009. Not bad, right? Well, it’s a start. Unfortunately, those 2,500 hybrids were only a small portion of the 17,600 government vehicles purchased by Barack Obama in 2009. Especially considering the timeline of “1 year” when it’s been over two and a half times that, we’re considering this promise broken.

So what now?

Well, in continuing with his promise for more fuel efficient vehicles, President Obama made another promise to his audience, and the world, at a speech at the UPS Customer Center on April 1st, 2011:

I’m directing our departments and agencies to make sure 100% of the vehicles [the government] buys are fuel efficient or clean energy cars and trucks by 2015. Not 50%. Not 75%. 100% of our vehicles!

-Barack Obama

Let’s hope this one isn’t broken as well.

Read more of the Broken Promises Series here.

 

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Jason is the Founder and CEO of CompareMyCandidates.com. Following the 2010 elections, Jason realized that it was hard for voters, especially those in the middle, to decide who to vote for. Understanding how difficult it is to gain an honest education on the politicians we elect, he decided to do something about it. Now, with CompareMyCandidates.com, you can achieve the “brutally honest” version of those you vote for well in advance of election day.
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