Boom Goes The Dynamite

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1. cassandra_m says:

   March 5, 2009 at 4:59 pm

   You go, Senator!

   And she is right, of course — earmarks are an equal opportunity dysfunction. In the Omnibus, Mississippi is the winner of the earmark sweepstakes. Go figure.

   But while everyone is wailing about earmarks, you still are talking about chump change in relationship to the rest of the government’s spending. So even then, railing about earmarks is a cheap stunt.

2. pandora says:

   March 5, 2009 at 5:04 pm

   One person’s earmark is another person’s wasteful spending.

   Damn! I wish she had named names. Oh well, guess I’ll just have to wait for Keith’s show tonight!

3. a. price says:

   March 5, 2009 at 5:41 pm

   First of all, i think Claire McCaskill will be our first female president,
   Second, while the hypocrisy of the Rush Limbaugh Fan Club Party IS stunning, people don’t really say that many earmarks are good things. they rail against spending money on studying fruit flies, when actually, it is creating jobs by funding research to better understand autism.
   yes, SOME earmarks are not needed, but you cant throw the baby out with the bath water people. take a step back, understand what is being chastised.
   McCaskill 2016

4. Unstable Isotope says:

   March 5, 2009 at 5:47 pm

   Claire McCaskill definitely has great political skills, so why is she hanging out with the “Gang of 14” who hate taxes on the rich?

5. liz says:

   March 5, 2009 at 8:54 pm

   uh cuz she actually believes in 95% of the people who are the workers and need a seat at the table, instead of the 5% who robbed the country blind.

6. Sharon says:

   March 6, 2009 at 12:29 pm

   Unsurprisingly, McCaskill isn’t much of a fan of earmark reform. IOKIYAD.

7. cassandra_m says:

   March 6, 2009 at 12:30 pm

   And neither are the Republicans adding their pork to the list. But has the added benefit of making said Republicans hypocrites on the spending discipline front. Which is McCaskill’s point.

8. Sharon says:

   March 6, 2009 at 12:35 pm

   Well, not really. But I guess if you support wasteful spending, then your only argument is “They did it too!”

9. cassandra_m says:

   March 6, 2009 at 12:40 pm

   No. The problem is a feature of the system. And they all benefit from it, which is why Mitch McConnell has about 85M in earmarks. Remember that next time he is having on about fiscal discipline — that is how you’ll know he is lying.

10. a. price says:

    March 6, 2009 at 12:45 pm

    sharon, what is IOKIYAD??

    and will someone please define wasteful spending? it seems if it sounds funny like “a rail road from Disney Land to the Bunny Ranch” (which is also a lie) and “fruit fly research” which helps mentally challenged kids, it can be a Republican talking point. but money for their districts is o.k. It is the perfect example of the Republican philosophy of “I’m taking care of me, you take care of yourself, we aren’t in this together, nothing that can benefit you can possibly benefit me.”

11. Sharon says:

    March 6, 2009 at 12:45 pm

    So, let me see if I get your argument straight. If you complain about the gigantic budget stuffed with pork projects, you better not have *any* in it? I don’t mind this argument, but, just like Mr. “No Lobbyists in My Administration,” I suspect it’s gonna pinch pretty good for you.

12. cassandra_m says:

    March 6, 2009 at 12:47 pm

    If you complain about the gigantic budget stuffed with pork projects, you better not have *any* in it?

    Absolutely.

13. a. price says:

    March 6, 2009 at 12:52 pm

    define pork. no talking points, no ditto head Rush loving.
    please define pork

14. Unstable Isotope says:

    March 6, 2009 at 1:02 pm

    That’s right, Cassandra and A. The Republican definition of pork is spending that doesn’t benefit their own consituents or “sounds funny.” Cassandra is absolutely right that you can’t complain about something that you’re doing yourself. Take a stand if you think it’s wrong!

15. pandora says:

    March 6, 2009 at 1:13 pm

    … Or STFU!

16. anon says:

    March 6, 2009 at 1:27 pm

    Republicans used to have great fun telling us “If you don’t want tax cuts, send yours back, you can always write a check to the Treasury.”

    Now it’s our turn to say “if you don’t want pork, send yours back.”

17. redwaterlily says:

    March 6, 2009 at 2:32 pm

    “If you complain about the gigantic budget stuffed with pork projects, you better not have *any* in it? ”

    Exactly – You are either part of the process or against it. Otherwise you are just one more of those who talk the talk but do not walk the walk becuase they are stumbling over their own feet (their greed for money).