Forked tongue, 2 faces and a ton of debt

Out of one side of his mouth:

“When times are tough, you tighten your belts,” Obama said, according to a White House transcript of his appearance Tuesday at a high school in North Nashua, N.H.

“You don’t go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage,” Obama said. “You don’t blow a bunch of cash on Vegas when you’re trying to save for college. You prioritize. You make tough choices.”

out of the other side of his mouth: a budget with 1.6T in deficit spending and a proposal to freeze spending at these inflated levels, while simultaneously spending the TARP funds in an unconstitutional manner

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