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Title: Sen. Inhofe: Liberals "Brainwashed" Public Into Opposing Earmarks
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political correction
URL Source: http://politicalcorrection.org/blog/201011100009
Published: Nov 11, 2010
Author: Matt Finklestein
Post Date: 2010-11-11 13:28:23 by go65
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Views: 1962
Comments: 6
Today, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) pushed back hard against Sen. Jim DeMint's (R-SC) proposal to ban earmarks in the Senate. In an interview on Fox News, Inhofe argued that eliminating earmarks doesn't actually save money, but rather transfers congressional spending power to the White House. "That's why President Obama is all for McCain and DeMint's ban on earmarks," he said. Inhofe went on to claim that the public is only opposed to earmarks because they have been "brainwashed" by "very liberal" members of Congress. Of course, it's not President Obama or Democratic lawmakers who are pushing to end earmarks. Some of the most conservative members of Congress, including Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), Rep. Paul Ryan (R- WI), and of course DeMint, are the ones leading the fight. Have they been brainwashed by liberals, too?
INHOFE: The problem is the public has been brainwashed into thinking — and a lot of these are the very liberal, uh, members of Congress — into thinking that earmarks are somehow all bad. Well, if you quit saying "earmark" and say "appropriations" then I'll buy it.
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#1. To: badeye (#0)
this is going to be a very entertaining Congress....
Matt Finkelstein is the Senior Editor for PoliticalCorrection.org and Media Matters Action Network, a progressive research and information center An untrustworthy leftist shill.
Inhofe was on a few shows this morning defending earmarks while claiming he is the most conservative member of the Senate. The latter is no longer true. Jim DeMint actually has this exactly right. If a Congressman or Senator believes that it is their job to appropriate money to pave over a parking lot in their hometown, then they will never believe it is their job to cut spending. They are putting parochial interests over the national interest. Jim DeMint is right about this.
Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.
Nothing additional to offer? Understandable.
Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.
On January 3, 2011 the GOP assumes responsibility for deficit spending.
#2. To: go65, All (#0)
Author: Matt Finklestein
#3. To: go65 (#0)
"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves is sinful and tyrannical." -- Thomas Jefferson
#4. To: go65 (#1)
Matt Finkelstein is the Senior Editor for PoliticalCorrection.org and Media Matters Action Network, a progressive research and information center
#5. To: Badeye (#4)
The problem is the public has been brainwashed into thinking — and a lot of these are the very liberal, uh, members of Congress — into thinking that earmarks are somehow all bad. Well, if you quit saying "earmark" and say "appropriations" then I'll buy it.
On January 3, 2011 the GOP assumes responsibility for deficit spending.
#6. To: go65 (#5)
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