Mccain Earmarks

The Adler Planetarium and McCain's Fake War on Earmarks

Jules Siegel | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

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McCain's slur about the Adler projector reveals both the slovenly nature of his campaign's opposition research as well as a disconnect from reality. This is a high-tech scientific educational project, not an entertainment device.

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McCain Forgets That He Railed Against His Own Pork

Washington Independent | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics

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On the campaign trail, Sen. John McCain frequently decries earmarks and pork-barrel legislation, proudly bragging that he has never requested a single...

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Palin Received Millions In Earmarks, Clouding Reformer Image

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics

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News continues to break regarding vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin that could, in the long term, pose serious problems to one of the main thrus...

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McCain Voted For Earmark He Rails Against In Ad

The Huffington Post via FactCheck.Org | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics

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FactCheck.Org reports that John McCain's "Outrageous" ad: Republican presidential candidate John McCain cites three absurd-sounding examples of pork-...

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McCain's Fantasy War On Earmarks

Washington Post | Michael Dobbs | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

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John McCain boasts that he can save $100 billion a year "immediately" by eliminating the so-called earmarks that legislators attach to spending bills ...

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Clinton Requests $2.3 Billion In Earmarks

The Hill | Manu Raju and Kevin Bogardus | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has requested nearly $2.3 billion in federal earmarks for 2009, almost three times the largest amount received by...

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How Vulnerable Are Obama, Clinton On Earmarks?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics

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Last night's Democrat debate may have been one of the final indicators for how the primary election will play out. But it also provided some telling i...

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Clinton Earmarks Land Her In Top Ten In Senate

Washington Post | Paul Kane | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton helped secure more than $340 million worth of home-state projects in last year's spending bills, placing her among the top...

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