When a broken promise becomes a lie

President Obama made many promises in the course of his presidential election campaign. All candidates do. Now, elected, he is going about the process of breaking those promises. I know, all elected officials do. That does not cushion my disappointment. Obama promised a transparent administration. Promise broken many times. He promised to release pictures. Promise broken (influenced by the Pentagon, where have we heard that before?). He promised to end the illegal military tribunals. Promise broken.

My main concern here is for the integrity of this administration which is slowly but surely heading down the drain. It's unfortunate. It's also a disrespect for the rule of law (another broken promise), when Obama thumbs his nose at a court ruling and agreement concerning release of the pictures. I don't really care to see the pictures, but I care very much about disregarding the law and the ruling of the court to which the administration had agreed.

One broken promise seems to make the next one easier, and easier, and many of these broken promises now appear to be essentially lies. Sad