Wow. Truly amazing. After increasing spending across the board to historically high levels with very little to show for it, president Obama has announced a spending freeze on some discretionary spending to be put into effect in 2011. Obama is hoping that this will boost his approval rating among center and right voters, but for me, this move only means one thing: Scott Brown and the Tea Party movement have scored their a huge tangible win against the government, at least in the government’s rhetoric. Why else is Obama pretending to be a born-again fiscal conservative after all this time? Go Scott! Do we think that Obama will keep this promise, of course not. He did not even live up to his “first act as president” promise of closing Gitmo within the year, even with vast left-wing support. Ultra fail. Just like when he mentioned tort reform, received a standing ovation, and then scrapped it as soon as we weren’t looking, I expect Obama to find ways to increase spending despite his announced “freeze.” Remember, lefty liberals do not believe in “freezes,” they believe in “warming” and they also believe in spending money faster than the machines can print the stuff. Don’t believe me? Just watch as White House economic adviser Jared Bernstein practically begs (especially near the end) Rachel Maddow to support the president on this and how she rips the administration for trying to save money:

Very fun to watch. Maddow, veteran of the failed Air America experiment (they are filing for bankruptcy, in case you haven’t heard), is the quintessential leftist in this clip, accusing the Obama administration of taking a “big right turn” for trying to cut excessive spending. Crazy. I can see it now: Obama clinging to his guns (Biden’s biceps) and his religion (Reverend Wright-ism). If anything, this goes to show that the Left is more interested in making excessive spending more excessive as long as it is the government that’s doing it.

For the rest of us, this goes to show that this administration is trying to govern by the polls, the anti-Bush who reads the polls in order to know what’s in his “heart.” What does move mountains is bucking expectations, electing conservatives in liberal states, and voting against the socialist machine. They are trying to pivot now first by appearing populist by going after the banks, then by appearing centrist by announcing tax credits for the middle class, and now appearing fiscally conservative by claiming that he will freeze discretionary spending. None of this is real, it’s just for show. Expect the far left to lob grenades at Obama for his transgressions against Keynesianism and Leninism. Grab some popcorn, turn on MSNBC, and just watch the fireworks fly this week. It’ll be an early Fourth of July… and as an added bonus, all their infighting and failures may just end up making America more free!

-AG