I do not understand why the Democrats are playing into their games. Just stop the earmarks for 12 months – that is all. Go home to the people going into the 2008 elections and promote that Democrats STOP the spending spree.

Just stop – you will get elected – Not whether or not you paid back your donors. But the people will actually vote for you.

The Universities will survive, the tea cup museum will survive, the War Profiteers with their mark ups will survive. JUST STOP!

Bush does plenty of crazy shit – if this case wasn’t strong when all of the facts are presented, perhaps it’s better to just move on to the next?

Says the man who wants trillions to play war in an area of the world that was no threat to us.

How do we do that?

Comment by foreyes — November 14, 2007 @ 7:17 pm

Education? Persuasion? Emotional appeals? Reverse psychology? Waterboarding?

But that is not even the key issue. Bush owns the microphone so his spin hits all of the major news broadcasts. The truth is limited to the small audience of Blogs where the facts are at hand. And this is precisely why he does it all of the time.

Comment by dim wit — November 14, 2007 @ 5:34 pm
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How do we do that?

They measured its weight, didnt they?

Fiscal responsibility would be knowing where every pound (or dollar, but that would be asking too much) of dough went.

With that said, the whole earmark process is crap and needs to be monitored and set into the light of day — for both parties.

You know, I never noticed before – but Mitchie doesn’t have a chin!

What a pathetic, hypocritical liar.

Comment by SWBob

Thank you, you hit the nail on the head there.

They need to start doing what’s right for the country and not for payback to corporate/cronies/relatives/school chums, and that means both sides of the isle.

Opps, RxR remembered to take his stupid pills, he’s back on track. But I must say, he is less irritating than that a$$hole (s)hits.

Buck Fush

Comment by judyinnm — November 14, 2007 @ 5:42 pm

He did not say “the majority in Congress”. Go read the actual text. You can’t come to any other conclusion (that he was referring to the Dems).

He also got in a mention of “9/11″ right off the bat too. But what else is new? I wonder if he’s got it stitched into his underwear?

As far as “fiscal responsibility and spending priorities”? From this man?

I’d laugh, but it’s just not funny.

Oops! I forgot to add that it may take destitute oil execs jumping from skyscrapers. That might get the ball rolling. And, if you think it can’t happen, all it would take is the collapse of the dollar. That doesn’t seem very unreasonable at this point.

Democrats are currently the Majority.

From his speech:
“Now, there’s a different philosophy in Washington. I’m not saying these aren’t good people; they are. They just have a different point of view. Instead of trusting in the judgment of the people, they trust in the judgment of the federal government. They believe in a federal solution to every problem — and somehow, that solution always seems to include raising your taxes. ”
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“And they’re not picky about how to raise taxes. To them, every bill on the floor is an opportunity for a tax hike. Congress has proposed tax increases in the farm bill, the energy bill, the small business bill, and the children’s health bill. If you find a bill that doesn’t have a tax increase, just wait a while — they’ll put one in there.”

He’s talking about the Democrats Judy. If he’s saying negative things that is.

What makes you think that there are only 2 Republican earmarks out of the 2,000 loon Roger? The article said that these were the two largest earmarks, not that they were the only two Republican earmarks. My bet is on the fact that there are more Republican earmarks than there are Democratic.

Also loon Roger, did you protest each time Bush signed a Republican sponsored bill full of Republican pork? You didn’t? That’s what I thought.