Calling Obama to the mat
While I disagree with some of the things Sen. McCain has done and I think his campaign staff or advisers derailed him a bit last year, at least he’s good at calling out wasteful spending. Specifically, Sen. McCain quoted POTUS Obama’s debate point in Oxford, Missippippi:
Fast forward to the present day and we have a spending bill working it’s way through Congress that has over 9,000 earmarks in it. So are we to believe that POTUS Obama went through each one and made sure that each spending items is not “unwise”?? Really? Even the democrats are admitting quietly that the White House is driving a wedge into the cross-aisle relationship after the republicans saw this budget. For those keeping track, here’s the top 20 earmarkers according to Taxpayers for Common Sense (you may note that three-quarters of the Gormogon states are apparently being taken care of by our elected overlord…ahem…representatives – maybe we can get some new signage with the latest round of earmarks):
2 Richard Shelby (R-Ala.): $114,484,250
3. Kit Bond (R-Mo.): $85,691,491
4. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.): $76,899,425
5. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.): $75,908,475
6. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska): $74,000,750
7. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa): $66,860,000
8. James Inhofe (R-Okla.): $53,133,500
9. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.): $51,186,000
10. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii): $46,380,205
11. Patty Murray (D-Wash.): $39,228,250
12. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.): $36,547,100
13. Pat Leahy (D-Vt.): $36,161,125
14. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.): $35,577,250
15. Robert Casey (D-Pa.): $27,169,750
16. Harry Reid (D-Nev.): $26,628,613
17. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.): $25,320,000
18. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.): $23,832,000
19. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.): $21,952,250
20. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.), retired: $19,588,625
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