Two stories in the Washington Examiner came to my attention today and show a great example of the President's attitude of hypocrisy. The first story noted that the President's campaign promise to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term is still being touted on his website, despite the fact that his proposed budget for the coming year actually increases deficit spending from the first year of his presidency. This despite the President having shown absolutely no inclination to reduce government growth. I still hate promises to cut deficit spending though, since they essentially amount to saying that you promise to spend not quite as much money that you don't have.
The second story notes that, as the President rallied with union workers at a Washington Boeing plant, he praised Boeing's opening of a South Carolina plant that his NLRB sued to try and force them to open in a state that would require union membership at the plant. South Carolina is a right to work state, so the unions can't force every hire to join and automatically donate to the union. The NLRB had brought the suit on behalf of the Washington union which had been causing problems for that Boeing plant due to their machinist strikes. You have to love an organization that shuts down your business then complains when you prefer to deal with someone else so that you can continue to do your business. That's like a supplier refusing to sell you parts then suing when you buy parts from another supplier. See Unions are no longer pro-labor, they are only pro-organized labor.
In either case, I think both of these stories give a bit of insight on the hypocrisy of this President and his lack of respect for the intelligence of the average person that he will so blatantly promote positions he clearly doesn't support as long as it benefits him.
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