In one of his disturbing spells of passivity, President Obama decided not to fight Congress and live up to his own no-earmark pledge from the campaign.

He’s been lecturing us on the need to prune away frills while the economy fizzles. He was slated to make a speech on “wasteful spending” on Wednesday.

“You know, there are times where you can afford to redecorate your house and there are times where you need to focus on rebuilding its foundation,” he said recently about the “hard choices” we must make. Yet he did not ask Congress to sacrifice and make hard choices; he let it do a lot of frivolous redecorating in its budget.

Maureen Dowd - Stage of Fools - NYTimes.com

Time for a broken promises update:

1.  No lobbyists in the White House.  Broken.

2.  Five days for public comment on bills.  Broken.

3.  Tax credits for businesses that add jobs.  Broken.

4.  No tax increase on people making less than $250,000.  Broken.

5.  No earmarks.  Now broken.

We’re a little over a month in, and he’s broken at least five promises.

Source: The New York Times

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