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This weekend at the Minnesota Organization of Bloggers gathering, fellow blogger Mitch Berg was carrying around a bobble head type figurine of President Obama, where the head had a face on both sides.  A clever dig at Obama\’s hypocrisy I thought.

There is a huge gaping chasm between our President\’s lofty rhetoric and His actual actions.  But never has that been more clear than His approach to earmarks.

Candidate Obama says…

\”we can no longer accept a process that doles out earmarks based on a member of Congress’ seniority, rather than the merit of the project. We can no longer accept an earmarks process that has become so complicated to navigate that a municipality or non-profit group has to hire high-priced D.C. lobbyists to do it. And we can no longer accept an earmarks process in which many of the projects being funded fail to address the real needs of our country.\”

President Obama says…

“I recognize that Congress has the power of the purse.  As a former senator, I believe that individual members of Congress understand their districts best. And they should have the ability to respond to the needs of their communities.”

So first these projects fail to address the real needs of our community because it\’s only because high-priced lobbyists conned our most senior Congressman into toss it out there despite their lack of merit.  And now only a few months later, Congression are apparentely omniscient and instinctively know exactly what their communities need without regard to the will of lobbyists.  Obama switches faces so quickly it\’s a wonder His head doesn\’t spin off His neck.

Fact is as His supporters are rapidly learning, Candidate Obama said a lot of things He didn\’t really mean and now that congressional reality is here, he\’s Hoping you don\’t notice his lack of Change.  Yes we can!