Promises, Promises

March concluded the College Democrats' "Neoconservative Awarenwess Month". Let's take a moment to look back.

The Democrats made sweeping promises for their month.

Over the course of the month we will probe topics spanning nearly four decades, setting the course of U.S. policies and positions, placement in the global arena, and some of the current and future domestic reality.

Some of the topics will include the Iran-Contra affair and the Regan violation of the Arms Export Control Act, NeoConservative support of terrorism, the balance of powers and checks and balances, the invasion of Iraq on false pretenses, illegal wiretaps and searches (without a warrant), the Bush Administration’s monitoring of war protesters, violation of the Geneva conventions, the abusive NeoCon monetary and fiscal policies, detainment of citizens and non US citizens without warrant, representation, charges presented and a timely trial, imperialism by the Bush administration and election tampering in four elections over the past eight years.

By my count, the Democrats promised to discuss 18 topics. What was their actual record? Over the next month, they discussed Iraq, and none of the other topics. That makes them one for 18. See for yourself.

They also promised "we will blog every week day in March on the topic". They actually blogged 11 days out of 21. Readers can decide whether this counts as one broken promise or ten.

It seems that the College Democrats went to war against neocons without a plan. Mission accomplished!

A genuine campaign to educate people about neoconservatism and how it differs from real conservatism would be welcome. But it appear that the College Democrats have no clue what it actually is. A graphic on their website shows pictures of six people, one of whom is Pat Buchanan, a paleoconservative who is a vehement critic of neoconservatism.

Will Obama or Hillary break as many promises as the College Democrats? And if so, would that be good or bad?