Barack Obama made hundreds of promises during his presidential campaign including some really major ones. Many have said that he prevaricated on some of the major ones. The following are but a few of these "broken promises."

Obama ran as a centrist-liberal presidential candidate (emphasizing that 95% of Americans would get tax cuts, etc..)

Reality: Obama is governing as a left-wing (some say socialist) radical president. In less than 50 days, he and his Democrat Congress have spent an incredible $1.2 trillion in pork-filled spending. It will cost Americans $24 billion a day. And he recently proposed a whopping $3.6 trillion budget on top of that. Obama will incur -- while he is in office -- more debt than that incurred by all former presidents put together; from President George Washington to President George W Bush.

Obama said in his campaign that he would establish a post-partisan presidency. He said Americans are tired of partisan politics.

Reality: Obama has established one of the most partisan presidencies in American history. His partisan chief of staff goes on Sunday talk shows and blasts Republicans for listening to Rush Limbaugh. His equally partisan press secretary likewise bashes critics of Obama at CNBC.

Obama said in his campaign that he would oppose earmarks or what is commonly known as pork projects in spending bills coming out of Congress.

Reality: On the very same day that he yet again blasted Congress for putting earmarks in spending bills, he signed the gargantuan 1/2 trillion (with interest) FY09 Omnibus bill with almost 9,000 pork projects. Incidentally, Obama also promised during his campaign that he would allow Americans to have 5 days to look at any new bill before he signs it. Yet, he signed this pork-filled bill only one day after Congress passed it.

Obama blasted President George W. Bush in his presidential campaign last year for Bush's issuing signing statements when Congress sent him legislation which clarified the administration's position on the legislation including parts of the legislation the president considered unconstitutional.

Reality: Even before the date of President Bush's first signing statement issued in March 2001, Barack Obama issued his first signing statement a couple weeks earlier than in Bush's first year in office, using the same kind of reasoning as President Bush did.

Obama piously promised in his campaign that lobbyists would have no part in his administration in order to keep the corrupting influences of special interests out of his administration.

Reality: How can we count the ways! In countless positions in his administration, Obama has made an exception to the rule and nominated lobbyists for top level positions including William Lynn, the Defense Department's deputy secretary, who was registered to lobby for Raytheon, one of America's largest defense contractors.

Obama constantly promised during his presidential campaign that his would be the most ethical administration in history.

Reality: Obama has nominated for his administration, top level officials who have cheated on their taxes. Indeed, Obama's Secretary of the Treasury -- who is in charge of the Internal Revenue Service, and thus is responsible for pursuing those who have not paid their taxes -- owed the Internal Revenue Service tens of thousands of dollars in back taxes and only paid them back when he was nominated for his post.

Finally, one of Obama's biggest whoppers -- which actually enabled him to buy the presidency -- was his November 2007 prevarication that he would only accept public financing of his presidential campaign. Senator John McCain did accept public financing. Obama lied and won the presidency and America is suffering the results.

However, Obama is also beginning to suffer the results of his prevarications as evidenced by his sinking approval ratings (56% in recent polls) which are now lower than President George W. Bush's approval ratings at the same point in time of their presidencies.