During the 2008 presidential campaign, Obama pledged to stimulate the economy through infrastructure projects that were “shovel ready.” However, as his first term progressed, he had to admit the projects were not so “shovel ready”. I submit that he never intended to keep the promise.

The monies intended for the projects ended up in the pockets of his campaign supporters, his comrades and his cronies. Millions went into a now defunct solar battery plant. Though the plant went under, those that received the Federal funds to start it came out of it financially healthy, far more so than at the start.

After two terms as president, Obama was very financially more healthy, now living the life of a multimillionaire. He has homes, large homes in Hawaii, Martha’s Finished (or something like that) and I think he ha a third. Who paid for those things. He didn’t have the money before he was president and I don’t think he made that much as president. That money came from somewhere. Should we just ignore the obvious.

He promised we could keep our doctors and medical plan. Oops, that wasn’t true either. He had to admit to it. He didn’t admit that he lied. His admission was more of a brag than an admission of the lie.

He promised hope. The only hope we had after his final term was being provided by his successor. Again, his promises of hope were an intentional lie.

Finally, there was a promise of change. Yes, this promise he kept, and ever since, we have been living with it. Ever since, we have been endeavoring to reverse those changes.

Well, he did leave us with an important lesson. Not all change is good. It has been an expensive lesson.