Does he not understand John McCain? McCain would love nothing better than to take on someone in his own party. McCain will prove how resolute he is and what a maverick he is.
God save us from our own
Posted on 09/17/2008 10:21:00 AM PDT by vadum
Republican appropriators in the House of Representatives signaled they have no intention of going along with John McCain's crusade against congressional earmarking should he become president.
The Politico reports
Out on the stump, John McCain gets wild applause each time he promises as president to veto every spending bill that contains an earmark.
But McCain will find it almost impossible to live up to his vow, and gridlock would result if Congress refused to go along with such an executive branch power grab.
And that's what members of McCain's own party are saying.
"I don't think it's the right approach," said Rep. Ralph Regula, an Ohio Republican who has spent three decades on the House Appropriations Committee. "I haven't done an earmark I wouldn't be happy to have spread all over the front pages of the paper."
Rep. C.W. Bill Young (R-Fla.), a former Appropriations Committee chairman, warns that both parties in Congress would protect their power against a no-earmark policy.
"The Constitution is very specific and very clear about who appropriates money," Young said. "Not all earmarks are pork-barrel spending."
Young and Regula received Porker of the Month dishonors from Citizens Against Government Waste in September 2004.
Kick ‘em all out!
No surprise. These guys need to dry up.
Nice work if you can get it.
I sent Pat Tiberi an email urging to kick this guy in the proverbial balls politically.
There is indeed a LOT of work to be done if this great nation is to be saved from socialism.
The federal government needs to follow Palin and put the checkbook online..... ;)
Well that just says it all in a nutshell... Vote everyone of them out and get some Palin type blood in there!!!!
Now Im Really for McCain. Clean house! (and Senate)
Bring on the gridlock.
ACTUALLY, this is good P.R. for McCain.
McCain promised to make the first one’s to try famous.
I bet he keeps that promise.
McCain promised to make the first one’s to try famous.
I bet he keeps that promise.
And yet you won't find one word in the Constitution about earmarks, or about amendments that attach special spending projects like ornaments on a Christmas tree.
Yeah, unfortunately, McCain pretty much ignores that document, so you'll have to rationalize your spending addiction another way, Congressman.
“But McCain will find it almost impossible to live up to his vow, and gridlock would result if Congress refused to go along with such an executive branch power grab”
First of all a veto is not a powergrab. Second of all, gridlock? We should be so lucky!
Gentlemen, you are about to become famous, for all the wrong reasons.
I wish they had opened their RINO yaps before the primaries
I got whacked a bit here on FR when I mentioned that there were a lot of unhappy “Republicans” that would be against McCain/Palin. Mostly in the Senate tho. Notice how few Senators are stumping for McCain/Palin?
I'd actually like to see McCain compromise on this one, but only as a tactical move to split the opposition. What if McCain demanded that the next budget have no more than half as much in earmarks as the 2008 budget? Wouldn't that split even the pro-earmark legislators and get them fighting over which earmarks to save? Simply putting a declining ceiling on earmarks might kill them with a lot more certainty than trying to go cold turkey.
I am aware of the down side of this approach. If McCain doesn't kill earmarks completely, that form of waste might come back bigger than ever when he needs something special from congress. I'm not sure the slow approach is better than cold turkey, but I hope we're keeping the long term goal in mind.
Does he not understand John McCain? McCain would love nothing better than to take on someone in his own party. McCain will prove how resolute he is and what a maverick he is.
God save us from our own
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