Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Oh, well,it was just campaign rhetoric...

Interview on Fox News with Bill O'Reilly, Feb 3, 2014:

O'Reilly: Mr. President: why do you feel it's necessary to fundamentally transform the nation that has afforded you so much opportunity and success?
Obama: I don't think we have to fundamentally transform the nation -
O'Reilly (interrupting): - those are your words -


Indeed they were: Here is Obama speaking at a campaign rally at Columbia, MO, Oct. 30, 2008:


After decades of broken politics in Washington, and eight years of failed policies from George W. Bush, and 21 months of a campaign that's taken us from the rocky coast of Maine to the sunshine of California, we are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.
(emphasis added)