[rlmorel]

If he SAYS it is going to be a problem, it IS going to be a problem.

Everything I have heard about the guy indicates he is a pork king. I won’t decide until I look at the stuff in depth, something I just have never found the time to do.

[bamahead]

I won’t decide until I look at the stuff in depth, something I just have never found the time to do.

Here are a few primers for you when you're ready...

$1.5 million in pork for a bus-stop: http://eidelblog.blogspot.com/2005/05/worlds-most-expensive-bus-stop.html

Half-a-Million to paint a fish on the side of an Alaska Airlines plane (a publicly traded company): http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Politics/story?id=1183436&ROS=true

And of course, the infamous 'Bridge to Nowhere' that Stevens threw a tantrum over: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/20/AR2005102001931.html

[buck61]

he is a pork king.

No-one will ever take that title from “Byrd brains” of West Va.

[af_vet_rr]

If he SAYS it is going to be a problem, it IS going to be a problem.

Usually when they say that, it means they are working on their excuses...
Everything I have heard about the guy indicates he is a pork king. I won’t decide until I look at the stuff in depth, something I just have never found the time to do.

He's a pork king alright. He plays stupid (whether it's his idiotic "internet tubes" comments or whatever), but in the end, he knows how to bring in the pork, which leads to the donations...