Sunday’s NY Post published a list of what they said was 100 mistakes in 100 days by the Obama Administration.
Putting aside the fact that a policy that the Post editors might disagree with (releasing the torture memos, for example) is not necessarily a mistake, some of what the Post lists is not a mistake by any definition.
Here is some of what the Post calls mistakes –
An accurate statement made by Obama during the campaign –
2. "There is no doubt that we've been living beyond our means and we're going to have to make some adjustments." — Obama during the campaign.
The attempt by Turkey to veto a NATO appointment, an attempt that Obama helped stop –
9. Turkey tried to block the appointment of Anders Fogh Rasmussen as new NATO secretary general because he didn't properly punish the Danish cartoonist who caricatured Mohammed. France's Nicolas Sarkozy and Germany's Angela Merkel were outraged; Obama said he supported Turkey's induction into the European Union.
AIG’s bonuses
14. Executives at AIG get $165 million in bonuses, despite receiving an $173 billion taxpayer bailout.
Obama consider appointing Sanjay Gupta and Gupta turning down the job –
23. Sanjay Gupta was in discussions to become Surgeon General, but the TV personality withdrew after he was criticized for his flimsy political record.
A rumored appointment that hasn’t happened –
33. "Barack Obama has been embroiled in a cronyism row after reports that he intends to make Louis Susman, one of his biggest fundraisers, the new US ambassador in London. The selection of Mr. Susman, a lawyer and banker from the president's hometown of Chicago, rather than an experienced diplomat, raises new questions about Mr Obama's commitment to the special relationship with Britain." — Telegraph, 2/22
Steve Kroft’s question to Obama –
35. "You're sitting here. And you're — you are laughing. You are laughing about some of these problems. Are people going to look at this and say, 'I mean, he's sitting there just making jokes about money–' How do you deal with — I mean: Explain. Are you punch-drunk?" — Steve Kroft, "60 Minutes," 3/22
A statement by the President of Russia –
45. Medvedev said he would not "haggle" on Iran and the missile shield.
Obama expressing an opinion –
52. "We can't afford to make perfect the enemy of the absolutely necessary." — Obama, describing the stimulus bill
An out of date story that is no longer true –
58. "Chicago has yet to recoup the $1.74 million cost of President Obama's victory celebration in Grant Park — despite a burgeoning $50.5 million budget shortfall that threatens more layoffs and union concessions." — Chicago Sun-Times, 2/20
An outright lie about Obama –
61. Threatening to fire anyone the administration doesn't like from any company.
An absolutely true statement by Obama –
70. "By any measure, my administration has inherited a fiscal disaster." — Obama
Things that were done by the Bush Administration before Obama was sworn in –
80. Forced banks that didn't want TARP money to take it, then added on stipulations about pay and government control after the fact. Secretly forced Bank of America to buy Merrill Lynch, then allowed the bank to be criticized for overpaying.
Joe Biden expressing his opinion, twice –
84. Joe Biden: "If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, if we stand up there and we really make the tough decisions, there's still a 30% chance we're going to get it wrong."
85. Joe Biden: "You all worked for change. You wanted to see change. Well, that wasn't a hard thing to try to communicate to the American people. Obviously, obviously, we needed a change almost no matter who was running."
Judd Gregg saying he (Gregg) made a mistake –
89. "It has become apparent during this process that this will not work for me as I have found that on issues such as the stimulus package and the Census, there are irresolvable conflicts for me." — Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), who became the second failed Commerce Secretary nominee
Another outright lie about Obama –
91. The $49 million inauguration — triple what taxpayers spent at Bush's first inauguration.
Now there was one indisputable mistake in the Post story but it was made by the Post, which they disclosed on their website but not in the actual paper –
Due to an editing error, a portion of this piece originally was improperly credited to Sarah Palin, when it should have been attributed to Meghan Clyne.