"YES, I MISREMEMBER IT WELL"

 David Reinhard, associate editor of the Oregonian, compares what Barack Obama says happened with what actually happened in six different instances.  Here are two:

CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN

[Obama] -- "I was determined to make a difference from the time I arrived in the U.S. Senate. Americans are tired of politicians who talk about change and don't deliver or use the Senate as a pit stop on their road to the White House. They want results, not rhetoric. That's why I passed nuclear safety legislation in the Senate." -- ("[C]ontrary to Mr. Obama's comments in Iowa, it ultimately died amid parliamentary wrangling in the full Senate." The New York Times, Feb. 3, 2008.)

[Obama] -- "That's why, as I said in one debate, I pushed through a law to require the disclosure of all "bundlers" -- people who boost their influence by presenting candidates with checks they've gathered up from their rich pals." -- ("[A]lthough Obama's amendment was agreed to in the Senate by unanimous consent, the measure never became law as Obama seemed to suggest." ABC News, July 23, 2003 [sic].)

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