What did Obama mean by this?

He said that earmarks are no longer the thing. If the pork barrel spending is on the rise then why did Obama fire the secretary of the cabinet that takes all of the most interesting parts of the bill out. I cannot fathom why he would be saying this if in the first place he was for it. as he said Thursday. Does this make Obama a hippocrit since he is still having staffers talk with lobbyists from these organizations with most of the money coming from big business entities like Deime. how are they going to ensure anything after Obama made it clear that He will veto any such bill and then John McCain took the lead in the main roll?