Deceit.

George Orwell defined doublethink as “the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.

When it comes to war, spending, and more, President Barack Obama’s 2010 State of the Union address showed that doublethink is alive and well in Washington, D.C.

Ask these folks in NY if the economy is improving?

On the subject of making difficult decisions, Gibbys gets called out on his boss by Tapper of ABC.  Subject – 2011 Fiscal Budget:

In another attempt to rein in the deficit, Obama plans to create a commission by executive order that would make recommendations on how to reduce the deficit. The commission would make its recommendations after the November congressional elections and before the end of the year.

Just look at the chart.

…the Bush-Obama tag team hiked spending to an even higher level of around 19 percent of GDP. That level of nondefense spending is almost double the level in 1970 measured as a share of the economy.

5 Decades of Federal Spending