"Last night from Hot Springs, Arkansas I watched with over 300 grassroots activists at our Americans for Prosperity town hall meeting as President Obama attempted one of the more embarrassing political conversions in American history. The president attempted to pass himself off as a job-creating, fiscally responsible political leader. Sadly, Americans know better because they witnessed his big-government, tax-and-spend liberal agenda all last year.

"When the president claimed his health care takeover would actually lower the budget deficit, the crowd at our town hall meeting roared with laughter.
When the president said he still supports genuine earmark reform, our crowd groaned. They know he actually signed a budget this past year that contains more than 8,500 pork barrel earmarks.

"When the president disingenuously attacked lobbyists and special interests, our crowd just shook their heads. They know he has 11 former high-powered lobbyists in key positions in his administration and that lobbyists and special interests were directly involved in the secret negotiations that attempted to move the health care takeover bill through Congress.

"The president was compelled to give lip service to the tax-cutting principles we know are effective -- because the American people demand it. People see his administration's record thus far and they see that rhetoric isn't matching up to reality. If he continues to press the same old tax-and-spend agenda, the American people will continue to reject it, and it will prove he has learned nothing."