Obama's Belated Sanctimony

There's only one thing that's worst than a sanctimonious politician; one that's dumbfoundingly late with his sanctimony. Obama has recently taken this political skill to new heights as he piles on the rhetoric with the stimulus spending plan. This comes on the heels of the call-out of Wall Street bonuses.

While addressing the gathering of the United States Conference of Mayors, he warned them to watch the taxpayers' money:

...“I want to be clear about this: We cannot tolerate business as usual -- not in Washington, not in our state capitols, not in America’s cities and towns,” Mr. Obama told a gathering of the United States Conference of Mayors. He said he was putting them “on notice” that if they propose a wasteful project, “I will call them out on it.”...

Where was Obama's admonition for the big slice of cheese Pelosi's mouse got?:

Talk about a pet project. A tiny mouse with the longtime backing of a political giant may soon reap the benefits of the economic-stimulus package.

Lawmakers and administration officials divulged Wednesday that the $789 billion economic stimulus bill being finalized behind closed doors in Congress includes $30 million for wetlands restoration that the Obama administration intends to spend in the San Francisco Bay Area to protect, among other things, the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi represents the city of San Francisco and has previously championed preserving the mouse's habitat in the Bay Area...