Posted on 03/02/2009 3:42:28 PM PST by Nachum
WASHINGTON -- Despite campaign promises to take a machete to lawmakers' pet projects, President Barack Obama is quietly caving to funding nearly 8,000 of them this year, drawing a stern rebuke Monday from his Republican challenger in last fall's election.
Arizona Sen. John McCain said it is "insulting to the American people" for Obama's budget director to indicate over the weekend that the president will sign a $410 billion spending bill with what Republicans critics say is nearly $5.5 billion in so-called "earmark" projects.
(Excerpt) Read more at seattlepi.nwsource.com ...
In the Seattle PI of all places? Maybe there is some hope for humanity.
Does this mean that islamist dietary laws will be imposed everywhere in order to outlaw pork?
5.5 billion dollars in pork??? What’s the other 405.5 billion dollars for? Must be a lot of Obama pork in that too.
40% of the pork is so called conservative republican crooks feeding at the trough. Time for a new party. Get out the pitchforks and torches.
Obama's 6th week in office:
Despite campaign promises to take a machete to lawmakers' pet projects, President Barack Obama is quietly caving to funding nearly 8,000 of them this year, drawing a stern rebuke Monday from his Republican challenger in last fall's election.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1153ap_obama_spending.html
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As RAM e Manual said, “We don’t have time to worry about a little pork. We have to approve this and move on”
This is pure Leftist BS spewed by this rag called the Seattle PI. I am not buying the good cop, bad cop routine that has Obama "caving in" to this pork. Obama is behind it. He is playing Chicago street politics rewarding his constituents, including ACORN. Obama didn't cave in. He is the One pushing and supporting it. You can buy this BS. I don't.
He’s too busy PARTAAAYING....
Obama thought pork was “the other white meat” as the ads often say, but he has since learned that it is actually graft, which he favors as a true equal opportunity system.
LOSER!
Obama will continue the party in the White House. Maybe he can have some mo rappers in. They need to spend all the tax money for the next 100 years. Obama wants everyone to contribute to his party. So get ready to pay for Obama’s big party for 4 years.
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