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Current Events => Archives => Politics => Election 2008 => Topic started by: Wretched Excess on September 09, 2008, 11:56:45 PM
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Senator Jim DeMint on Sarah Palin's record on earmarks, compared to The BarackStar!'s
Yes, Palin Did Stop That Bridge
In politics, words are cheap. What really counts are actions. Democrats and Republicans have talked about fiscal responsibility for years. In reality, both parties have a shameful record of wasting hundreds of billions of tax dollars on pork-barrel projects.
My Senate colleague Barack Obama is now attacking Gov. Sarah Palin over earmarks. Having worked with both John McCain and Mr. Obama on earmarks, and as a recovering earmarker myself, I can tell you that Mrs. Palin's leadership and record of reform stands well above that of Mr. Obama.
Let's compare.
Mrs. Palin used her veto pen to slash more local projects than any other governor in the state's history. She cut nearly 10% of Alaska's budget this year, saving state residents $268 million. This included vetoing a $30,000 van for Campfire USA and $200,000 for a tennis court irrigation system. She succinctly justified these cuts by saying they were "not a state responsibility."
Meanwhile in Washington, Mr. Obama voted for numerous wasteful earmarks last year, including: $12 million for bicycle paths, $450,000 for the International Peace Museum, $500,000 for a baseball stadium and $392,000 for a visitor's center in Louisiana.
Mrs. Palin cut Alaska's federal earmark requests in half last year, one of the strongest moves against earmarks by any governor. It took real leadership to buck Alaska's decades-long earmark addiction.
Much More (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122100927525717663.html?mod=googlenews_wsj)
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even cbs news, in a story intended to refute Sarah Palin's record as a budget cutter and her accomplishments
in reducing earmarks, buried this one true fact in their story . . . and even the one true fact is bracketed by
liberal opinion and a clever spinning of statistics to make it look as bad as possible :
Governor Palin's record on earmarks is mixed. Compared to the previous Governor, Palin's earmarks are down 44 percent, but stills totals more than $450 million over two years.
the rest of this story is bulls*t (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/09/eveningnews/main4433129.shtml?source=mostpop_story)
44%. almost half. if anyone in washington DC reduced anything by half, they would be hailed as, well, a messiah. :whatever: