The day after he signed the $787B monstrosity that is Porkulus, Obama spoke to America about the need to reduce this country’s deficit, promising to reduce it by half by the end of his first term.  Then he held a “fiscal responsibility summit.”

Obama kept telling us the end was near while Porkulus was still in the Senate waiting for a couple of turn-coat Republicans to help him out.  He kept putting on the pressure with his gloom and doom speeches, not even allowing for members to read the damn bill.  After the Senate finally passed it, Obama and his family took a weekend shopping trip to Chicago before he managed to get back to Colorado* to sign this “emergency” bill.

After touting that Porkulus was earmark-free (not entirely true) during his quasi State of the Union address, Obama then started pushing the $410B Spendibus bill, laden with 8,500 earmarks. 

About 30 minutes ago, just before signing the bill that the Senate passed last night, Obama extolled the virtues of earmarks then called for reform. 

Is this just a big joke to him?  He keeps signing all these “imperfect” bills, promising to get it right next time.  I keep waiting for the cameras to pop out and tell us it WAS all just a big joke, and we can get back to normal lives after a good laugh and a few curse words.

Update:  I’m not the only one who’s noticed. 

Update II: Hot Air offers an apt Gone with the Wind comparison.

* I corrected the location. I forgot he made a signing show in Colorado rather than go back to DC.  He had to tour the solar panel factory or something.