These petitions don't really seem to matter -- there are plenty without a response. Previously, the administration "promised" to respond to all w/ 25,000 signatures. Now it's 100k.

What policies have been affected in any way by these things? Takes about 5 seconds to sign one once you have an account, so the results seem to be pretty close to the effort it requires from the public.

Voted for Obama twice but he's just as much of a liar as any other politician.

"Voted for Obama twice but he's just as much of a liar as any other politician."

Then why did you vote for him? You had a lot of other options:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_third_party_and_...

Not to be off-topic but because you asked...

Because the only other real options for P/VP in 2008 and 2012 were even scarier to me each time, and I live in a swing state. I also wasn't wowed by the third party candidates (but have voted for third party candidates before).

The petitions are a good way to gather a list of names for analysis at a later date... just saying!

> it forces a response from the White House.

It doesn't force anything. They don't have to respond and they usually don't, when it's not convenient for them. It's just a user-created poll on their website.

"Obama promised"

After all that has happened, it amazes me that anyone would put any value on a promise made by President Obama.

Obama promised a lot of things (and didn't act upon those promises)!

One-line posts rarely contribute anything. This is an off-topic jab with no support. Even examples and support for each would not make this post appropriate since this submission is about the petition, not the progress Obama has made on his promises.

and you're doing such a good job of policing the rest of the thread , too!

The petition site was implemented by Obama's cabinet. It was made as a way to make it seem as if his cabinet was more technologically savyy than others(along with "THE FIRST PRESIDENT WITH A SMARTPHONE!"), and allowed for people to think that the platform would increase transparency in governance.

Obama's cabinet decides how to respond to petitions. I think the parent of your reply, although simple in its' phrasing, is pertinent to the discussion at hand.

Ones' history does play out in the judgment that people make, and the fact that the President has broken OTHER promises is probably good reason to suspect his intentions in the future (such as the promise of a real reply@100k)

And was awarded a Nobel prize..