Obama was a sellout when he backed off on closing Guantanamo.
Obama was a sellout when he backed off of his promise to keep lobbyists out of his administration.
Obama was a sellout when he protected the Bush administration from prosecution for torture.
Obama was a sellout when he authorized the assassination of U.S. citizens abroad.
Obama was a sellout when he rescinded on his promise to not prosecute marijuana users in states where it is legal, and pushed for a 5 year prison term for a California-legal medical marijuana dispensary operator.
Obama was a sellout when he prosecuted child-soldier Omar Khadr using evidence gained through torture.
Obama was a sellout when he granted 27 waivers to oil companies drilling in the weeks following the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Obama was a sellout when he fought for, and won, the right to deny habeas corpus to detainees.
He was a sellout when he blocked UN human rights investigations at Guantanamo.
He dropped charges against the CIA for destroying videotapes documenting torture of detainees.
He deported record number of undocumented immigrants.
He continued rendition of alleged terrorists to countries where they could be tortured.
He continued indefinitely detaining alleged terrorists, WITHOUT TRIAL.
He extended the PATRIOT Act, with no reforms.
He dramatically increased government secrecy, denying more Freedom of Information Act requests in 2009 than Bush did in 2008. So much for open government.
He cut a secret deal to kill the public option, while still campaigning on its behalf.
He defended Don't Ask Don't Tell from legal challenges.
He reaffirmed his opposition to same-sex marriage.
He granted waivers to 30 companies, including McDonalds, exempting them from health care reform.
He announced the single largest arms deal in history, of $60bil worth of arms, to Saudi Arabian dictatorship.
He gave permits to BP and other oil companies, exempting them from environmental protection laws.
He appointed Monsanto executive Michael Taylor to the FDA.
He appointed a former Monsanto lobbyist as Chief Agriculture Negotiator.
He appointed Timothy Geithner as Secretary of the Treasury.
He increased the use of combat drones in Pakistan.
He passed a massive Wall Street bailout at the expense of the taxpayers.
He played down the importance of the WikiLeaks documents.
He failed... to address... climate change issues. (three separate links here)
He pushed for mandatory DNA testing for those arrested for crimes, even if they have not been convicted.
He undercuts whistleblowers.
He promised $30bil in military aid to Israel over the next decade.
But NOW, he's a sellout, when he extends Bush's tax cuts? Oh no. Obama has been a sellout since day one.
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Obama’s promise to reverse the tax cuts reflected a broader belief among Democrats that the Bush years were a bizarre and in essential ways illegitimate aberration, a period of panic and greed the errors of which Obama would reverse in a series of swift and decisive strokes.

Yet the tax compromise is just the most spectacular — and to Democrats, infuriating — element of a broader trend under a president who ran as the leader of the counter-revolution. It is the domestic counterpart of Obama’s early decision not to repudiate and investigate reviled Bush national security policies such as indefinite detention and warrantless wiretapping, but to refine and embrace them.

Doesn't count as selling out, in my opinion:
Obama was a sellout when he backed off of his promise to keep lobbyists out of his administration.

I agree with many of the items in your list of "not a sellout", as I consider a lot of those realizations of the the circumstances (more info, etc). However, this is blatantly a sell out to his campaign promise, and it is particularly hypocritical considering his comments about the nature of employment and relationship between the governmental groups and the industry during the gulf oil event.

I'm curious why you have this listed here.

However, this is blatantly a sell out to his campaign promise....I'm curious why you have this listed here.

Makes sense, though with that justification, I would place everything you listed under actual "Sell Out" moments as eye roll campaign lies from my perspective.

Personally, I think it is completely reasonable to expect candidates to get elected without lying; and I think it is absolutely demoralizing that so few people actually hold elected officials to that standard.

I don't disagree. However, you didn't really answer the question and I'm curious to know your answer. Do you think that in today's political climate that it's possible to get elected without lying?

Yes. Do you really think it's impossible to not lie and not get elected?

Yes. Do you really think it's impossible to not lie and not get elected?

Yes. All politicians are liars.

Yes I don't. Do you not really think it's not impossible to not lie and fail to not be elected?

No, I couldn't not fail to follow that either.

Yes I don't. Do you really think it's not possible to lie and be elected?

No, I couldn't not fail to follow that either.

I disagree. I think most say what they can to get elected but I don't think all of them are liars.

You are naive.

They are all liars. All of them.