It is best when evaluating anyone to ignore what they say and watch what the do, and here is a simple example from our President:

The man who said this:

President Barack Obama gave his sternest warning yet about the need to contain rising U.S. deficits, saying on Wednesday that if government debt were to pile up too much, it could lead to a double-dip recession. [Read]

gives us:

President Obama has shattered the budget record for first-year presidents -- spending nearly double what his predecessor did when he came into office and far exceeding the first-year tabs for any other U.S. president in history. [Read]

And his policy proposals to date are budget busters on top of this.