I opposed this current President's candidacy and election primarly based on the fact that, in my opinion, if you delve into his background his actions are predictable. His words NEVER reflect his actions, but his words are wonderful and I suppose you could say disguise what he is doing.

This is from the New York Times long considered a left wing paper.

During the campaign President Obama decried the power of lobbyists and how he will not allow them to curry influence.

"As he often does, President Obama took the opportunity in a bill-signing ceremony last month to remind Congress “to do what we were actually sent here to do — and that is to stand up to the special interests, and stand up for the American people.”

"But Mr. Obama did not mention that the measure he was signing, the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, was missing its centerpiece: a change in bankruptcy law he once championed that would have given judges the power to lower the amount owed on a home loan."

"It had been stripped out three weeks earlier in a showdown between Senate Democrats and the nation’s banks, including many that are getting big government bailouts. "

"As Congressional Democrats and the White House crow about multiple victories over the financial industry, including new rules for credit card issuers, banks are quietly savoring an even bigger victory of their own"

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/bu...l?ref=politics

“This would have been a much different deal if Obama had pressed it,” said Camden R. Fine, head of the Independent Community Bankers of America and one of the chief lobbyists opposing the bankruptcy change. “The fact that Obama effectively sat it out helped us a great deal.”

How about candidate Obama decrying earmarks. Seems he forgot about those in the last spending bill. : (