Hey, remember this? It was back in November of this year. In fact, one could say it was just a few weeks ago.

At the conclusion of his second weekend in Asia, President Barack Obama said in his weekly address Saturday that, although opening new markets is the “single greatest tool for getting our fiscal house in order,” members of Congress should give up wasteful earmarks.

“I agree with those Republican and Democratic members of Congress who’ve recently said that in these challenging days, we can’t afford what are called earmarks,” he said.

Obama said banning earmarks would be needed to restore public trust. That it would signal the seriousness of Congress in pursuit of fiscal responsibility.

“We have a chance to not only shine a light on a bad Washington habit that wastes billions of taxpayer dollars, but take a step towards restoring public trust,” Obama said in his address.

That was just last month. Surely a president who said all of that would commit to vetoing a $1.1 trillion omnibus bill loaded with thousands of earmarks costing billions of dollars, right? Necessary to restore public trust, getting fiscal house in order, and all that jazz. So Obama will veto the legislation unless the earmarks are dumped, right?

Nope. It turns out that passing a massive spending bill packed with Democratic pet projects is far more important than keeping a commitment to stopping earmarks. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says Obama will sign the legislation if passed.