Obama Signs 8,000 Earmarks Into Law Even as He Calls For Earmark Reform
When I claim that President Obama is a master of saying one thing while he is doing the opposite this is exactly what I am talking about. Today this is what the president said:
The awarding of earmarks to private companies is the single most corrupting element of this practice, as witnessed by some of the indictments and convictions we have seen,” Obama said at the White House. “Private companies differ from the public entities that Americans rely on every day – schools, police stations, fire departments – and if they are seeking taxpayer dollars, then they should be evaluated with a higher level of scrutiny
He went on to say that he was going to introduce new earmark reforms. How can I argue with that? After all, I am in favor of earmark reform. I am glad you asked, I am going to tell you why I am opposed to that statement. While Obama claimed that he was going to introduce earmark reform he made the announcement while he was signing the $410 billion omnibus bill that contains more than 8,000 earmarks.
This is the way that he operates. He publicly makes a statement while doing the opposite but his statement sounds so good that the lemmings just sit there in awe and tell themselves how wonderful Obama is for proposing these reforms and they don’t even bother to notice that he just signed 8,000 of the earmarks he promised to reform into law.
Just like with the stimulus bill he used the excuse that the bill was so fucking important that he couldn’t be bothered to wait for a bill that had less wasteful spending.
I am signing an imperfect omnibus bill because it is necessary for the ongoing functions of government”
He had to sign the bill, flaws included because, in case you didn’t hear, he inherited this problem. Therefor it is Bush’s fault that he had to break not only a campaign promise but also a promise he made while he was signing this bill.
But in the future he is going to veto all of the bills that have wasteful spending in them. You will just have to trust him on that, but so far his actions tell us otherwise.
Just one more question, who decides what spending is wasteful? If the answer to that question is Obama, and I think it is safe to assume it is, than I think there is no spending that this president will ever consider wasteful.
America's Watchtower 
He already left the door open when he said all earmarks aren’t bad. I guess we’ll just have to trust his good judgment on that one.
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Funny how now he claims that he isn’t against ALL earmarks. Don’t worry, he will let us know which ones are okay.
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Everything this senator (I refuse to call him president) has done has been hypocritcal. I wish we could impeach someone based on broken promises.
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It’s about time this President was asked about his incredulous statements and disingenuous “goals”- for Obama to portray himself as some sort of deficit hawk just three days after signing the largest spending bill in US history is like Josef Stalin giving a speech deploring conditions in the Siberian gulag.
Then they’ll be “no lobbyists” in his cabinet… except for these three. And they’ll all be ethical… except for a few tax cheats. Obama’s pledges are like what you get from a used-car salesman; they’re just a means-to-an-end with him… and the expriration-date is tomorrow.-
He’s been writing his own story as the MSM just parrots it for far too long, and very little of it squares-up with reality. Barack Obama is habitually dishonest… and maybe he should finally get called-out on some of it. –
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Obama has a knack for saying one thing and doing another and he gets a free pass in the media. Sooner of later the American people are going to notice this.
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the simple fact that obama won the presidency election lets me know how stupid, non-observant, and ignorant americans really are. americans are obviously not capable of sensing the reality and motives of an individual at any level, or they were so consumed with wanting some new gadget in congress that they forgot to stop and take one second to think about what they were actually voting for! i am not one that “reads” people very well, but i saw who he was as soon as i saw his first campaign effort on tv. obviously, most americans are some interesting creatures with some uncontrollable minds… if they want something they will go with it even if it’s a bad idea simply because it’s what they have their mind set on. americans seriously need to grow up. no… i didn’t know what he was up to… i just knew he is up to no good. he was a liar from the very beginning and now we are surprised that he lies. that’s hilarious! i thought i was ignorant!
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