[bamahead]

Actually, you miss the point entirely.. it isn't condemning Paul simply because he has some pork out there.. it is his speaking on one side of his mouth how bad on pork is, on another side of his mouth telling his constituents he will submit their pork requests, and another side of his mouth voting against a bill he told a constituent he would support.. on top of that..

I don't miss it at all. My point is that he openly admits that he works both sides of the fence on earmarks (see #59). So how is that talking out of both sides of his mouth? It's actually more comparable to, talking out of both sides to get your individual points across, and then your opening your WHOLE mouth to tell the full story.

Nutshell: 'The Government is killing the shrimping industry, because we overregulate it, to the point where they need taxpayer money to stay afloat. So here's this proposal, which by the way, isn't within our Constitutional powers to fulfill. Have a nice day.'

That tactic alone, is pretty refreshing to me...with all of the backdoor shenanigans that go on between Washington and K Street in the modern era. 'It's like it is, because we made it that way, and they want us to bail them out, which we really can't do'. It's freaking brilliant.

What's even more compelling to me, is that his constituents, who obviously send him plenty of pork proposals that get submitted and then shot down by the SAME MAN...keep sending that SAME MAN back to office.

Says a lot about the man.

[dirtboy]

I don't miss it at all. My point is that he openly admits that he works both sides of the fence on earmarks (see #59).

Which means his stated Constitutionalist principles are nothing of the sort.

[mnehring]

Says a lot about the man.

You got that right.