The Pork Wars

Sorry- you can take that out. I got the wrong thread.

"Obama said his position on this was simple. "If you got a terrorist -- take him out. Anybody who was involved in 9/11? Take him out.""

But how do know if they had anything to do with 9-11 unless you CATCH THEM?

>smirk<

Yup, I think a lot of politicians are guilty for earmarks. However, which Governor, and or Senator were actually trying to create jobs, and energy for the nation, and which was claiming their earmarks for for those poor and destitute?

As for Michelle....she got the raise, when the hospital got the earmark. Coincidence? Also to note... they turn away those constituents they say they are trying to help, if said constituents don't have valid insurance.

It must be nice to sit on the pedestal of hypocrisy, and look down your nose, at everyone else.

Geevill said: Governor Palin can not spend federal tax dollars unless they are appropriated by Congress.
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And she doesn't get them unless she asks for them.

Palin and McCain have made earmarks an issue. If she is such a champion of the taxpayers' money why did she go ahead and build the road-to-nowhere instead of returning that money. That road was supposed to lead to the bridge to nowhere but now it ends at an empty beach.

The earmark for the road required it either be spent on the road or returned to the federal treasury. She chose to build the road.

'Here's one highlight: Obama sought money for the University of Chicago Hospitals. Wife Michelle works for the University of Chicago Hospitals, appointed in spring 2005 as vice president for community and external affairs at the University of Chicago Hospitals. She is now on leave from the job to campaign for her husband. Top campaign adviser and friend Valerie Jarrett is the Chair of the University of Chicago Medical Center Board and also Chair of the Executive Committee of that board. She has also been named Vice-Chair of the University's Board of Trustees. "

I still cannot get over the fact that she allows people to shoot Polar Bears from low flying planes and is sueing the goverment because Polar Bears are on the extinct list and she want them taken off the list so she can drill for more oil.

How sad is this.

Some context might be helpful. Illinois has nearly 13 million residence, Alaska fewer then 700,000. Obama has been in the Senate 3-1/2 years, while Palin has been Governor less than 2. So Palin's requests amount to $330 per person per year, dwarfing Obama's $20 per person per year.

According to a CNN Special, Obama was a failure as a community organizer. Later he would use a political colleague one day for political gain, then back-stabbed them the next week. Something like throwing so many associates or friends under the bus.
Obama need for political power is scary. He care not about Americans, but for the political power of Obama. All the CNN people have been for the candidate Obama. He is a political mad man. No way, Obama.

>>> future imperfect:

Mary Anne--

How wise was it for Sarah Palin to mock tens of thousands of people who work for little or no money?
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Sarah Palin mocked ONE man who made a big "magillah" about his service as a community organizer..... because he was putting down HER experience as a mayor of a small town!

Quit the phoney caterwauling!

"Palin hates earrmarks so much"

She requested $200M more in earmarks 2 months ago.

Young is being challenged because he is about to be indicted.

"Obama gave earrmarks to the hospital his wife works at and at the time all of a sudden her salary was doubled."

Michelle Obama got her raise on 2005.

Obama put in for an earmark in 2006 but it did not make the final budget bill.

The right wing lies.

The dems have all the control of congress.

Reid will have a filibuster proof majority in the senate.

Pelosi will have a huge majority in the house.

We need McCain there to veto there out of control spending.

Obama loves pork.

This election is so clear. We need a balanced government with McCain vetoing the out of control spending from reid and pelosi. Not with Obama and pelosi and reid.

We need balance. McCain has even said he would testify weekly before congress.

McCain is the CIC we need not Obama.

This election is so clear.

Palin hates earrmarks so much she had her Lt governor run againsat don young because of all the earrmark money she took.

Don Young a 35 year institution in alaska and Palin showed the courage to take him on that is how much she hates earrmarks.

Obama on the other hand doesn't want to fix the earrmark process.

He is fine with attaching museums to flood control projects. He doesn't understand the system.

Obama gave earrmarks to the hospital his wife works at and at the time all of a sudden her salary was doubled.

"Engineers, for which Obama requested $33 million? How sad is it when a senator has to request money for a Federal Agency to be able to do its job properly."....

That WASN'T the biggest>

Look again!

eyeswideopen: Learn to add. Illinois State University had $1.3 million in Obama earmarks.

And by the way people, did you notice that one of the biggest recipients of Obama earmarks was the Army Corps of Engineers, for which Obama requested $33 million? How sad is it when a senator has to request money for a Federal Agency to be able to do its job properly.

geevil: "Like obama's words regarding promising to take public financing?"

And what were Obama's words exactly? For instance, what did he say about outside groups (527s) and their role in the campaign and what McCain could do about that? And what was McCain's response about what he would or more exactly wouldn't do about those 527s?

Yourgameletsplay: There are 670,000 people in Alaska. There are 12.8 million people in Illinois. Palin's earmarks average out to $676 per person for Alaskans. Obama's earmarks average out to $72 per person for residents of Illinois.

Hmm, who got more pork for their constituents?

McCain was stupid to select the Queen of Mean.

His entire message of being a moderate and ‘bipartisan’ Senator is totally in shatters: he belongs to the religious fringe. They have become the face of his campaign which was already totally paid for by Big Corp, that other fringe group Americans love to hate. The foreign policies of his campaign are dictated by the Neocons. These are the three fringes most associated with Bush/Cheney and Obama and Biden will have no problem pointing that out to the voters. When the race is over come election day, Palin-McCain will have polled in the lower thirties nationwide.

Being perceived as a moderate and a bipartisan was the entire reason the race was still close. The Palin-bump (pun intended) is already stalling. It can only go down for them. The more we learn about Palin, the more voters will turn away.

Palin-McCain don't have any prospect for expanding their ‘base’ right now. Their only hope is that their base will still be as blinded by Dominatrix as they are after just 1 week of Palin-hysteria. Anything that was supposed to be positive about the Dominatrix has been dumped on the American public in carefully scripted appearances. The negatives will be highlighted in the coming months.

"I mean, words mean something"

Like obama's words regarding promising to take public financing? or Obama's words promising to fillibuster and vote against FISA?
Words like G-Damn America?

"How wise was it for Sarah Palin to mock tens of thousands of people who work for little or no money?"

An Obama supporter's fantasy. Palin and Gulliani mocked "Community Organizer" Obama. WHAT? oh, someone who recruits union memebers and rounds up winos to vote on election days.

Moneyman:

I apologize for saying that Michele's employer, the University Of ILLinois Hospital, received $1,000,000. in earmarks from Bozo.

I was wrong!

Her employer received MEGA MILLIONs of dollars!

The Illinois State University, however, didn't fare a smidgeon as well.

So much for Political PORK!