From Messiah to Con Man

Just making it up. Even the Gray Lady is shaking her head.

The president is shoveling ___

P.S. He knew. Close to half the stimulus went to unions. And of the puny amount dedicated to actual infrastructure, he pandered to the unions too. Heritage: Infrastructure Stimulus Spending: Pandering to Organized Labor

More to the point, many now recognize that the $814 billion in spending authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009—which included $48.1 billion for transportation infrastructure—did little to spur the recovery and nothing to create new jobs.

And now he's trying to pull a fast one again.

More. RCP video: Brooks: Obama Told Me "Shovel-Ready" Jobs Don't Exist Last Year