IS THE PRESIDENT A MAN OF INTEGRITY

The measure of a leader is the gap between his statements and his actions. The following represents such an examination of Barack Hussein Obama, the 44th president of the United States:

CAMPAIGN FUNDING

"I don't think American elections should be bankrolled by America's most powerful interests, or worse, by foreign entities."
Nima Reza, “President Takes a Swing at the Supreme Court,” CitizenLink

Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign allowed donors to use largely untraceable prepaid credit cards that could potentially be used to evade limits on how much an individual is legally allowed to give or to mask a contributor's identity, campaign officials confirmed. “Obama accepting cash from untraceable prepaid credit cards,” Washinton Post, Oct. 28, 2008.
Palestinian" brothers from the Rafah refugee camp in Gaza donated $33,000 to Obama's campaign. Obama said he returned the cash, but no record of return was made to Osama, Hossam, or Edwan Monir in the Rafah refugee camp.  Obama's overseas (foreign) contributors made multiple small donations, ostensibly in their own names, over a period of a few days, some under maximum donation allowances, but others aggregated in excess of the maximums when all added up. The countries and major cities from which contributions have been received France, Virgin Islands, Planegg, Vienna, Hague, Madrid, London, AE, IR, Geneva,Tokyo, Bangkok, Turin, Paris, Munich, Madrid, Roma, Zurich, Netherlands, Moscow, Ireland, Milan, Singapore, Bejing, Switzerland, Toronto, Vancouver, La Creche, Pak Chong, Dublin, Panama, Krabi, Berlin, Geneva, Buenos Aires, Prague, Nagoya, Budapest, Barcelona, Sweden, Taipei, Hong Kong, Rio de Janeiro, Sydney, Zurich, Ragusa, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Uganda, Mumbia, Nagoya, Tunis, Zacatecas, St, Croix, Mississauga, Laval, Nadi, Behchoko, Ragusa, DUBIA, Lima, Copenhagen, Quaama, Jeddah, Kabul, Cairo, Nassau, Luxembourg. Half a million dollars had been donated from overseas  by unidentified people  "not employed.”
Pamela Geller, “Obama's Foreign Donors: The media averts its eyes,” American Thinker, Aug. 14, 2008.

President Obama said, “The Supreme Court has given a green light to a new stampede of special interest money in our politics."
Sean Hannity, “Obama Flip-Flops over Campaign Finance,” Fox News, Jan. 25, 2010.

Obama is the first major presidential candidate ever to forego public financing in a presidential election. He received huge amounts of money from special interest groups. He spent more campaign money than any presidential candidate in U.S. history.
Sean Hannity, “Obama Flip-Flops over Campaign Finance,” Fox News, Jan. 25, 2010.

RIGHT OF CONSCIENCE PROTECTIONS FOR EMPLOYEES

"Let’s honor the conscience of those who disagree with abortion, and draft a sensible conscience clause, and make sure that all of our health care policies are grounded in clear ethics and sound science, as well as respect for the equality of women."
President BarackObama, speech at Notre Dame University, May 16, 2009.

President Barack Obama has taken the next step to remove the new protections the Bush administration put in place to protect pro-life medical centers and staff who do not want to do abortions. The protections provided better enforcement for existing conscience laws for medical professionals.
Steven Ertelt, “Obama Takes Next Step to Scrap Protections for Pro-Life Doctors on Abortion,” LifeNews, March 6, 2009

MARRIAGE

President Barack Obama told MTV he believes marriage is "between a man and a woman" and that he is "not in favor" of same-sex "marriage." 
Obama Says He Is Against Same-Sex Marriage But Also Against Ending Its Practice In Calif., ABC News, November 2, 2008.

He (President Obama) supports full civil unions and federal rights for LGBT couples and opposes a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. The president opposed the Proposition 8 marriage amendment in California.
Civil Rights, White House website.  Obama Says He Is Against Same-Sex Marriage But Also Against Ending Its Practice In Calif., ABC News, November 2, 2008.

PUBLIC DEBATE

President Obama called for a new, more respectful tone on issues of disagreement, marked by “open hearts, open minds, fair-minded words.”
Carol Lee, “Barack Obama speaks at Notre Dame, calls for 'fair-minded words,'” Politico, May 18, 2009.

President Barack Obama said Cambridge police acted "stupidly" in the arrest of prominent black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. in Cambridge last week.
Jon Keller’s blog, “Obama Says Police Acted 'Stupidly' In Gates Arrest,” WBZ TV, Boston, July 23, 2009.