Have you ever decided that you were going to start working out or exercising and then set the date for following Monday? I have done that. Then Saturday and Sunday you eat what you want, telling yourself, “Might as well enjoy this while I can. Monday I start working out.”
Maybe it’s just me, but I doubt it. The thing is, I usually work out for a week or two, then skip a day, then two, eventually finding a reason to stop going at all.
This is what I thought about when I read about Obama pledging earmark reform after he signed the $410 billion omnibus bill. It has over 7,900 earmarks in it:
Obama could sign the $410 billion spending package as early as Wednesday, although he remains “troubled” by the so-called earmarks in the bill that Republicans and moderate Democrats have assailed as unworthy pork-barrel spending. The president planned to use the signing ceremony to announce earmark reforms.
White House officials in recent weeks have dismissed criticism of the earmarks in the bill, saying the legislation was a remnant of last year and that the president planned to turn his attention to future spending instead of looking backward.
You get that? This bill is from last year, not this year. Even though Obama is going to sign it, it’s not his responsibility. So why wasn’t it done last year:
The $410 billion bill includes significant increases in food aid for the poor, energy research and other programs. It was supposed to have been completed last fall, but Democrats opted against election-year battles with Republicans and former President George W. Bush.
They chose to postpone it. Now, Obama is using that us justify not keeping a campaign promise. The promise wasn’t “When I get all the old business done, I’ll go line by line.” It was “When I’m president, I’ll go line by line….
Here. See for yourself:
Just another promise Obama made that he refuses to keep.
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