or…. perhaps we could rephrase the headline as “Barack Obama – Prevaricator in Chief?” It is refreshing to see Karl Rove dissect President Obama’s RECORD and juxtapose it with the man’s RHETORIC.  At no time in his political career has Barack Obama EVER been held to account for his actions or the  lack thereof. For some reason, pundits are mesmerized by his rhetoric, which is in and of itself shallow (surprise).  The Obama phenomenon comes down to 3 words:

Word1 – Dissemble

So what’s a president to do when the promises he made about his economic stimulus program fail to materialize? If you’re Barack Obama, you redefine your goals and act as if America won’t remember what you said originally. That’s a neat trick if you can get away with it, but Mr. Obama won’t. His words are a matter of public record and he will be held to them.

When it came to the stimulus package, the president and his administration promised, in the words of National Economic Director Larry Summers, “You’ll see the effects begin almost immediately.” Now it’s clear that those promised jobs and growth haven’t materialized.

Word 2 – Dissimulate

One problem with Mr. Obama’s stimulus bill that is rarely talked about is that it will force a huge, and likely permanent, increase in discretionary, domestic spending. That portion of federal spending was $393 billion in President George W. Bush’s last budget. Democrats immediately raised it to $408 billion for this fiscal year and now face the question of whether to make the stimulus a one-time expenditure or a permanent spending increase.

Federal education spending is a good example. As part of the stimulus, Mr. Obama nearly doubled education spending to $80 billion from $41 billion. If Congress adds that and other stimulus spending into the baseline for future budgets, discretionary domestic spending could mushroom to $550 billion or $600 billion next year. If that happens, Mr. Obama will have broken his pledge that the stimulus would be temporary spending.

Word 3 – Prevaricate

In his 1946 essay “Politics and the English Language,” George Orwell wrote about words used in a “consciously dishonest way.” “That is,” Orwell wrote, “the person who uses them has his own private definition, but allows his hearer to think he means something quite different.” Americans are right to wonder if their president is using his own private definitions for the words he uses to sell his policies.

Americans had better prepare to neuter the Prevaricator in chief by electing a majority (overwhelming) Conservative/Libertarian Senate and Congress. Tip of the hat to The Wall Street Journal; it’s editorials/opinions are MUST reading

Just a quick note on a recurring subject. It comes to me via Verum Serum. The blog site mentions Julius Genachowski, and where Julius goes, Boston Patriot follows. To the point, the author correlates dollars raised for candidate Obama to plumb jobs/posts received. Notably, our man Julius raised $500,000 plus for POTUS and lo and behold he’s the new FCC chair. You can read the post for yourself. Good stuff.

Good to hear from you again Mr. President. Your remarks, as quoted, are a welcome respite from the anti-business, anti-American politcs currently emanating from Washington. Would that you had adhered to some of these principles more firmly while you were actually in office!

“I know it’s going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we’re in,”

Correct Mr. President. Then why did you sign off on a dreadful series of big business bailouts, culminating with the so-called “TARP” program. Don’t you know that government intervention in private business is analagous to kudzu, an invasive species? Your actions paved the way for the Obama administration’s crypt0-fascist policies?

The former president has not commented on Mr. Obama’s decision to ban “enhanced interrogation techniques” such as waterboarding, which the current president has called “off course” and “based on fear.” “The way I decided to address the problem was twofold: One, use every technique and tool within the law to bring terrorists to justice before they strike again,” he said, adding that the country needs to stay on offense, not defense

No arguments here Mr. President. We are in 100% agreement with you. We also suspect the Obama administration concurs, secretly and cynically. In fact, if the full truth were to be revealed right now Obama is Bush 2 on enhanced interrogations. Again, how cynical.

“I am told, ‘If you do not move strongly, Mr. President, you will be a president overseeing a depression that will ultimately be greater than the Great Depression,’” Mr. Bush said. “I firmly believe it was necessary to put money in our banks to make sure our financial system did not collapse. … I did not want there to be bread lines, to be a great depression.”

You never enjoyed much success hiring Treasury Secretaries did you President Bush? Paul O’Neil was a mild disaster in comparison to the execrable Henry “Crony Capitalist”  Paulson. Too bad you don’t have that pick to do over again.

He said his administration sought to address the “housing bubble” before the system broke down. “We tried to reform” mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, “but couldn’t get it through the vested interests on Capitol Hill.”

Again, no arguments here Mr. President. Barney Frank is well, Barney Frank. It’s unfortunate that he’s still around, but heh, can’t win ‘em all.

The bottom line: I’d rather have a President George W. Bush than Barack H. Obama. I’d simply make myself the Treasury Secretary and all would be well with the world.