Earmarks

Lipstick on Doggerel

Evan Eisenberg | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

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Evan Eisenberg

I wrote this bit of doggerel a while ago but only just got around to making it hyperdoggerel by equipping the stanza numbers with links. (Warning: VI...

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Sarah Palin: "Ya Think This Six-Figure Wardrobe Makes Me Look Phat?"

Linda Hansen | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Fiscal Irresponsibility, Peggy Noonan, Earmarks, John McCain's Judgment, Campaign 2008, Sarah Palin's Pricey Wardrobe, Barack Obama, African American Vernacular, Pork Barrel Spending, Offthebus, Phat, Home News
Linda Hansen

Talk about your earmarks, your pork barrel spending! Hardworking Republicans donated money because they believed McCain's vaunted judgment only to find Palin and family wearing a six-figure chunk of their change.

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The Candy Store Congress

Laura MacCleery and Matthew R. Welch | Posted 10.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Congress, Wall Street Crisis, Earmarks, Bailout, Economy, Lobbyists, Business News
Laura MacCleery and Matthew R. Welch

It is no coincidence that those who benefit from earmarks tend to support lawmakers who are in the best position, by virtue of their status or committee positions, to dole them out.

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Jason Linkins

McConnell Promises More Pork Despite McCain Threats

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Earmarks, McCain Earmarks, Politics News

Unless you have been residing under a rock this past year, you know that one of John McCain's signature platform pieces is his pledge to eliminate ear...

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Top 10 Lies, Non-truths, Half-truths, Stretches, Reaches and Fibs Proving McCain Will Say Anything to Be President

Brett Ashley McKenzie | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

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Brett Ashley McKenzie

This is a compilation of statements and allegations made by McCain or campaign surrogates that have been refuted, supported by the proof that they are mostly, partially, or completely false.

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Unearthed: The News Without the Chaff

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 10.17.2008 | Media

Read More: Green Collar Jobs, National Debt, Bp, Earmarks, Iraq Oil Contracts, Exxon Mobil, Fishery Collapse, Endangered Species, Defense Spending, ABC News, Alliance for Climate Protection, Global Warming, Afghanistan War, Shell Oil, Media News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

This week: 2008 becomes the bloodiest year of the war in Afghanistan; Iraq: war for oil confirmed; ABC refuses climate protection ad; National debt clock runs out of digits; Hidden earmarks.

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Sex, Drugs and Earmarks: Virgil Goode makes his party proud

Michael Rogers | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Virgil Goode, Congress, Gay, Earmarks, Sex, Politics News
Michael Rogers

Virgil Goode Anti-gay Congressman "How does Virgil Goode (R-VA) square his condemnation of gay and lesbian Americans while helping to make Eden's Cur...

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Plans Versus Platitudes

Nicholas Stephanopoulos | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Special Interests, Earmarks, Lobbyists, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Nicholas Stephanopoulos

Government reform issues have emerged as unlikely hotspots in this presidential campaign. Earmarks, the influence of lobbyists, governmental transpare...

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A Thought from the 1st Debate: Loopholes vs. Earmarks

Paul Abrams | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Loopholes, John McCain, Economy, Earmarks, Barack Obama, Politics News
Paul Abrams

McCain has voted for loads of tax loopholes during his 26 years in the Senate. Why loopholes are morally superior to earmarks escapes me.

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Creating Candidate Palin: How McCain Spun This One A Turn Too Far

Les Gara | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Spin, Gara, Earmarks, Mccain, Rove, Sarah Palin Bridge to Nowhere, Palin, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Les Gara

Palin's nomination has created unusual common ground for Alaskans. Whether we support her or not, we've been furrowing our eyebrows a lot lately as we watch the McCain campaign re-write Alaska history.

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Jed Lewison

McCain: I'll Veto Earmarks, But I Won't Vote Against Them

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Video, John McCain, Spending, Veto, Earmarks, Politics News

Just two days after again promising the nation that he would veto every single spending bill with earmarks to cross his desk, John McCain said on Sund...

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Bear DNA and John McCain's Silly Science

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Earmarks, Pork Barrel, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Mccain Bear Dna, Politics News
Robert Schlesinger

We've all heard John McCain's tired joke about the pork barrell spending on bear DNA (a paterniy issue or a criminal one -- so funny the first dozen t...

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John McCain: Unfit for the Presidency

Paul Jenkins | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

If we agree, as most of us do outside of the far-right abortion-obsessed axis, that Palin is unfit to serve as president, then McCain, the man solely responsible for giving her that opportunity, is unfit too. It's that simple.

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McCain Pulls Out the Heartstrings: Pity He Didn't Use a Violin Instead of a Kazoo

Michael Russnow | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iran, John McCain, Petraeus, Walter Reed Hospital, Russnow, Suicide Bombings, Earmarks, Veterans, Michael Russnow, Israel, Iraq, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Baghdah, Presidential Debates, Politics News
Michael Russnow

I felt bad for Obama, who treated McCain with a level of respect, even as McCain often had a frozen condescending grin while the Democrat spoke.

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'08 earmarks

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Washington Times, Earmarks, Bellantoni, Taxpayers for Common Sense, 2009 Defense Authorization Bill, Joe Lieberman, Joe Biden, Lindsey Graham, Politics News
Christina Bellantoni

First posted at WashingtonTimes.com at 3:45 p.m. Taxpayers for Common Sense is out with an analysis of earmark requests in the 2009 Defense Authoriza...

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Sarah Palin: Give the Money Back

Cenk Uygur | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Alaska, Earmarks, Liar, Bridge to Nowere, Sarah Palin, Bridge to Nowhere Money, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

If Sarah Palin is going to claim how much she dislikes earmarks -- let her prove it. Why doesn't she give back the $73 million set aside for this useless Bridge to Nowhere project?

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Jason Linkins

Alaska's Wild Kingdom Of Earmarks Documented (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Earmarks, Alaska Earmarks, Palin Earmarks, Sarah Palin, Mccain Bear Dna, Politics News

This little bit of viral videography contains perhaps one too many pop-cultural references than are actually necessary, but it gets its point across e...

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Jason Linkins

Palin's Earmarks-Per-Day Total Out Higher Than Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Earmarks, Palin Earmarks, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Politics News

Hate to be, you know, comparing the top of one ticket with the number two spot on the other ticket, but since one of the cases being put forth in Sara...

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McCain Tacitly Admits Lies -- Then Distorts Facts

Eric Schmeltzer | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, John McCain Lies, John McCain Attack Ads, John McCain, John McCain 2008, Earmarks, Bridge to Nowhere, Sarah Palin, Lipstick on a Pig, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
Eric Schmeltzer

So, all the bluster last week that anyone called Sarah Palin a "pig" wasn't really based in truth, McCain admits. Yet, he never stopped his campaign from lying.

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McCain Wrong About Palin's Record On Earmarks

Los Angeles Times | Tom Hamburger and Maeve Reston, | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

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John McCain got it wrong Friday when he asserted that his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, had not requested any earmarks, the spending directiv...

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Fact Check: McCain misstates Palin earmarks record

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Earmarks, Sarah Palin Earmark Record, Earmarks, Sarah Palin Alaska, Mccain Facts, Politics News

WASHINGTON — John McCain continued to laud his running mate, Sarah Palin, as a budget cutter on Friday, this time erroneously asserting that as ...

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Friday Talking Points [47] -- Our First Anniversary

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Surprise! It's our first anniversary column! But before we get to that, I have to pass on this information, in the hopes nobody will get stung by a v...

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Cable TV Should Be Ashamed

Rusty Russell | Posted 09.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Msnbc, John McCain, Cnn, Sarah Palin, News Cycle, Cable News, Barack Obama, Chris Matthews, David Letterman, Earmarks, Alaska, Cable News Channels, Cable Tv, Home News
Rusty Russell

Cable TV fails to do its job: report on and analyze the candidates' policies. It's like they think we only care about lipstick. Viewers are left completely unaware of dozens of serious issues that dramatically impact enormous swaths of the population.

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Is a Pig With Lipstick Really Still a Pig?

David Quigg | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Earmarks, Barack Obama, Banned Books, Sarah Palin, Polar Bears, Election 2008, Stem Cell Research, Attack Ads, Pig, John McCain, Politics News
David Quigg

I don't know why nobody is talking about this. The lunatic controversy over whether Barack Obama called Sarah Palin a pig misses the real point. Look...

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Palin And McCain Denounce Earmarks, Ignoring Palin's $200 Million Worth Requested This Year

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin, John McCain, Earmarks, Bridge to Nowhere, Palin Bridge to Nowhere, Sarah Palin Lies, Mccain Lies, Politics News

FAIRFAX, Va. — Republican presidential nominee John McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, equated lawmakers' requests for fundin...

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