I've Lost That Tinglin' Feelin'! Uh oh: Matthews sounding fed up with Obama’s earmark hypocrisy »
Posted By pc25 8 months, 2 weeks ago in NewsBuckley turning on him was predictable, Brooks turning on him was a pleasant surprise if not unthinkable — but Mr. Leg Thrill? This isn’t the first time he’s expressed exasperation with The One’s performance lately, either. If he’s losing Matthews, whither the rest of the media’s Hopenchange sycophants?
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pc258 months, 2 weeks ago
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Chris hope this eases the pain
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8hjtFq3vE0-
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mesodude8 months, 2 weeks ago
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"But what about earmark-addicted Republicans, who oversaw an unprecedented explosion of earmarks when they controlled Congress, resisted efforts by Obama and other Democrats to inject accountability into the earmark process, and even grabbed over 40% of the earmarks in the current bill, yet have the gall to blast Obama's cave-in? Even John McCain, the leading crusader against earmarks, who railed against Obama's acceptance of the spending bill on the Senate floor this week, made exceptions during his presidential campaign for earmarks for Israel and military housing, as well as a ferry service for an impoverished Alabama town he visited over the summer."
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Obama's Budget: Earmarks Aren't the Real Problem
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1...
so let's not get crazy, because you're some of the BIGGEST freaking hypocrites in the universe. GET SERIOUS. ;-P
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pc258 months, 2 weeks ago
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or if you prefer the live version
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVrDQQIiweE-
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mesodude8 months, 2 weeks ago
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I prefer watching the *really* happy Republican Party in action:
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"Choo! Choo! The Run Michael Steele Out of D.C. Express has left the station, led by Dr. Ada Fisher, North Carolina's national committeewoman. Fisher, a retired physician who is one of three black national GOP committee members, emailed a note to members of Steele's transition team saying Steele is "eroding confidence" in the GOP. She called the tiff between Steele and Rush Limbaugh a "Republican Horror Show." Indeed, the mind reels at that imagery."
--ruh-rohhh, pc--looks like the GOP implosion continues and silly braindead Propeller cons are still diddling themselves and running around in a circle like idiots--because you freaking lost! ROTFLMAO ;-P
"It would be a good idea if Mr. Steele would step aside," she told Rachel Maddow Thursday night. When Maddow asked Fisher if she held a grudge against Steele because she supported South Carolina GOP Chairman Katon Dawson for chair, Fisher said. "I don't have a public grudge against anyone."
--what parts of your body are tingling now, neoclown pinheads? ;-P
Top GOPer: Steele should resign ... no, it wasn't Rush
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?...
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pc258 months, 2 weeks ago
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of course when it comes to defense
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVrDQQIiweE
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mesodude8 months, 2 weeks ago
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Since you're a con who blindly supports the GOP (the party that brought us the biggest government in history and the largest debt), what's your defense to the Republicans having 40% of the pork in this bill while they bitch about Obama?
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*lonely cricket chirps*
cons? ;-P
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RedRiverJ8 months, 2 weeks ago
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Good find PC.
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If Matthews is really angry then I would think he will keep the pressure up on Obama to use the line by line veto on this porkulus bill.
McCain had Obama nailed with his talking points, it will be interesting to see if he, Matthews and others keep up the pressure on the great one.
Obama is bouncing around like a ball, first economy, then health care, next global warming.......that's insane! With the economy is a mess, people loosing their retirements the stock market dropping 3000 points since he was elected Obama should focus 100% on the economy and forget crap like global warming for pete's sake. One thing at a time, and stop the spending.-
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pc258 months, 2 weeks ago
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Obama is bouncing around the country talking to people. I guess he doesn't understand the campaign is over, he won, and now HE HAS TO LEAD. This is apparently a foreign idea to him. He is leaving everything to Reid and Pelosi. The result of that speaks for itself. He has no idea how to govern, he has no idea how to lead. He has no focus, no overall plan other than if you throw enough crap against the wall something is bound to stick. If one of his staunchest supporters is growing weary of his hijinks you can imagine what the rest of the country is starting feel. That tingle is now turning into a persistent itch, a rash and Matthews doesn't like it. He can only defend Obama so much until he looses what's left of his credibility. Matthews and others are finally starting to realize the havoc they have brought on the country.
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nostalgia8 months, 2 weeks ago
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There is no line item veto right now
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That is why Obama's promise to go through a bill line by line was a joke
He can only sign or veto the entire bill
There is new legislation for a line item veto being introduced
Lawmakers Prepare New Line-Item Veto Bill for Obama to 'Test Drive'
A bipartisan group is giving the line-item veto another go at it, albeit with some key tweaks, more than a decade after the Supreme Court struck down the procedure as unconstitutional.
Sens. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., and John McCain, R-Ariz., and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., on Wednesday will announce the introduction of a Line-Item Veto Act, which would enable the president to strike individual items like earmarks from a spending bill before signing it
A Feingold spokesman noted that this bill is different than the law -- passed in 1996 but ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1998 -- because it would require Congress to approve the president's vetoed package protecting Congress' constitutional authority. A simple majority in the House and Senate would be needed.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/...
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mesodude8 months, 2 weeks ago
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Yeah, Red...Republicans just haaaaaate pork SO much. LMAO ;-P
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FED SPENDING PER DOLLAR PAYED IN FEDERAL TAX
1) New Mexico, $2.03
2) Mississippi, $2.02
3) Alaska, $ 1.84
4) Lousiana, $1.78
5) West Virginia, $1.76
6) North Dakota, $1.68
7) Alabama, $1.66
8) South Dakota, %1.53
9) Kentucky, $1.51
10) Virginia, $1.51
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40) Massachusetts, $0.82
41) Colorado, $0.81
42) New York, $0.79
43) California, $0.78
44) Delaware, $0.77
45) Illinois, $0.75
46) Minnesota, $0.72
47) New Hampshire, $0.71
48) Connecticut, $0.69
49) Nevada, $0.65
50) New Jersey, $0.61
http://www.taxpayer.net/resources.php?category==Pr...
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RedRiverJ8 months, 2 weeks ago
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Good find PC.
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If Matthews is really angry then I would think he will keep the pressure up on Obama to use the line by line veto on this porkulus bill.
McCain had Obama nailed with his talking points, it will be interesting to see if he, Matthews and others keep up the pressure on the great one.
Obama is bouncing around like a ball, first economy, then health care, next global warming.......that's insane! With the economy is a mess, people loosing their retirements the stock market dropping 3000 points since he was elected Obama should focus 100% on the economy and forget crap like global warming for pete's sake. One thing at a time, and stop the spending.-
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mesodude8 months, 2 weeks ago
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"According to Taxpayers for Common Sense, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) requested $118 million in earmarks in fiscal year 2008. On Fox News Sunday yesterday, host Chris Wallace pressed Kyl about his earmarks, saying it is an example of how Republicans have “lost credibility on the issue of spending restraint.” “Who are you to lecture the Democrats on spending?” asked Wallace.
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Kyl deflected the question, saying that they weren’t earmarks because earmarks “have a specific definition“:
WALLACE: And we’re putting up on the screen, Senator, your earmarks, a long list of them, according to the Taxpayers for Common Sense, totaling $118 million.
Question — I think it’s a fair one — who are you to lecture the Democrats on spending?
KYL: Well, first of all, I don’t see on the screen what you’re talking about. I can defend everything that I have recommended in the budget, and I would suggest that they’re not earmarks under the definition, because we have a specific definition."
--any questions, cons? ;-P
Kyl’s Earmark Hypocrisy: Requested $118 Million For Earmarks In Budget, But Railed Against Them In Stimulus
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/02/kyl-earmarks-h...
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mesodude8 months, 2 weeks ago
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GOP Hates Earmarks - Except The Ones Its Members Sponsor: McClatchy
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"Rep. Ralph Hall, R-Texas, included $142,500 for emergency repairs to the Sam Rayburn Library and Museum in Bonham, Texas. Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., joined state colleagues to include $1.425 million for Nevada "statewide bus facilities." The top two Republicans on Congress' money committees also inserted local projects.
In all, an estimated $3.8 billion worth of specific projects, called "earmarks," are in the $410 billion spending bill that the House of Representatives is to vote on Wednesday. Easy passage is expected. The Senate is expected to act soon, too, since federal agencies will run out of money a week from Friday unless new funds are enacted.
House Democrats estimate that Republicans inserted 40 percent of the earmarks in the bill. An independent budget watchdog group, Taxpayers for Common Sense, said the 60-40 Democratic-Republican ratio followed historical patterns."
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/62742.html
Yeppers. Pinhead cons here have LOTS of reasons to be whackin off together in a circle like they're at a porn convention. ROTFLMAO ;-P
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coolslow8 months, 2 weeks ago
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Maybe the destruction of our individual and collective weath finally set off an alarm clock yesterday. Remember, Its the Economy, Stupid? We better start dealing with the economy in a focused smart way, instead of wild spending and scattering effort on health, education, energy and Limbaugh.
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Its like the country got run over by a car and is bleeding out on the street and Obama comes along and delivers a lecture on if you stop smoking and eating fatty foods and you'll live longer.
Get Geithner and Treasury to announce a plan, staff up Treasury, regain the confidence of business and Wall Street, free up credit, create jobs, and extend aid to those hit really hard. Then hold a kumbaya health care meeting.
Also, start focusing on what Obama is doing and not what Bush did. Focus on where Obama is driving instead of looking in the rearview mirror or we will never get out of this.-
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mesodude8 months, 2 weeks ago
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"Maybe the destruction of our individual and collective weath finally set off an alarm clock yesterday."
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--I don't know about that but the question that no con seems to want to answer is why are you all so "alarmed" now after you kept hitting the snooze button over the last 8 years? What prompted you to finally get out of bed, take a shower, get dressed and put a pot of Folger's® on or whatever? ;-P
"Remember, Its the Economy, Stupid? We better start dealing with the economy in a focused smart way, instead of wild spending and scattering effort on health, education, energy and Limbaugh."
--That was a few Presidents ago. What I remember from the last 8 years is wondering why Bush was telling Americans they could afford to go shopping, spend trillions of dollars on two wars, cut taxes on the wealthy during a time of war (which had never been done before) and give billions in subsidies to Big Oil. I remember my pay raises being swallowed up by my health insurance costs and by the cost of living increases (which wasn't the case when Bill Clinton was in office) and I remember hearing Bush supporters shush me and say everything was wunnerful and that "the economy" (by which right wingers almost always mean their own personal situation) was just fab-u-LOUS. I remember hearing that $4.00 gas was nothing to worry about (because those evil socialist Europeans paid lots more) and I remember hearing that it was treasonous to criticize my country and that I should just stop being such a downer.
I remember that when I wanted to know when Bush was going to wind down that money-sucking disaster in Iraq he caused, right wingers were all..."Meso, you sawk, dude. Why can't you get behind your President 100%?" and "Meso, we're still in Germany, the sky's the limit on defense spending...blah blah..."
Ohhh those lazy crazy Bush years of endless vacations (for him, anyway) and no worries (again, for him alone). ;-(
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pc258 months, 2 weeks ago
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The article in brief is about Matthews. It is 2 paragraphs and no where in those 2 paragraphs is the word Republican even mentioned. Perhaps you and the people who gave you a positive for that comment could at least browse the article before commenting.
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mesodude8 months, 2 weeks ago
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"I suspect that more people will "lose that tingly feeling" as they watch their 401k's evaporate under Odramas 'leadership'."
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--You mean because Bush fulfilled our wildest dreams of wealth and prosperity? Oh yeah...That happened--and look at what that 8 year war and tax cut party for the wealthy has us trying to dig out of now. Just look at the disaster cons have caused. ;-(
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FairNBalanced8 months, 2 weeks ago
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Its a big deal because Obama lied.
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When asked to clarify if some projects could be put in after they are reviewed, Obama drew a harder line.
"We will ban all earmarks in the recovery package," he said. "And I describe earmarks as the process by which individual members insert pet projects without review. So what I'm saying is, we're not having earmarks in the recovery package, period."-
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mesodude8 months, 2 weeks ago
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"When asked to clarify if some projects could be put in after they are reviewed, Obama drew a harder line."
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--Ok...Then maybe we should step back. Why is *lying* bad? I mean, we know it was so horrible when Bill Clinton did it but what happened to that mindset when Bush got into office? Bush started investigating himself, cons suddenly thought subpoenas were just really inconvenient, Palin declared herself innocent (after it was determined that she abused her power), The Justice Department head couldn't remember his name or what he had for lunch that afternoon. Libby lied, Ted Stevens got convicted but that didn't really count (because the justice system only fails cons or whatever) and the law really means innocent until all appeals of one's conviction are exhausted. I guess I'm trying to figure out what the con litmus test is for lies and when it's appropriate to bitch at a high decibel over one. ;-P -
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cushi8 months, 2 weeks ago
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If anything, this goes to show how fickle, whussy and non-supportive people can be! This President deserves the support of the people, and constructive criticism, but not the virulent, destructive brand neocons are serving up. Who didn't know from the beginning that he would not be perfect, or able to please everyone, or snap his fingers and make everything right for everybody?? I am sick and tired of all this foolishness. You put up with a buffoon who ran the country off the rails with your blind support and the majority of you defended him to the end. Now, this President has been in place less than 2 mos., is tackling the herculean task of trying to get us out of this hell his predecessor created, and all some of you can do is bi tch, moan and complain. STFU!!
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cushi8 months, 2 weeks ago
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If anything, this goes to show how fickle, whussy and non-supportive people can be! This President deserves the support of the people, and constructive criticism, but not the virulent, destructive brand neocons are serving up. Who didn't know from the beginning that he would not be perfect, or able to please everyone, or snap his fingers and make everything right for everybody?? I am sick and tired of all this foolishness. You put up with a buffoon who ran the country off the rails with your blind support and the majority of you defended him to the end. Now, this President has been in place less than 2 mos., is tackling the herculean task of trying to get us out of this hell his predecessor created, and all some of you can do is bi tch, moan and complain. STFU!!
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PatrioticAmerican8 months, 2 weeks ago
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why are some in here missing the point of this debate ???? the point is, Obama PROMISED to line item veto ALL earmarks that were wasteful spending. and now there is a bill with 9000 EARMARKS that he is doing NOTHING about. He lied to all of you that voted for him and you are going to give him a free pass. Helied about not spending MORE of YOUR money and he has spent over 2 TRILLION already in less then 6 weeks and there is more to come. So the actual hypocrites are those that say Obama is different then Bush in a positive way, If you do think so explain how Bushs taken of your money is worse then Obamas, and how Obama plans are cutting the deficit in Half by spending more in 6 weeks then bush spent in 2 years
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willottica8 months, 2 weeks ago
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He didn't promise a line-item veto because there is no such thing. Earlier on the thread, someone mentioned that such a power is being considered in legislation. I hope it passes.
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Before you complain about his lies, maybe you should stop lying about what he said.
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Klarissa8 months, 2 weeks ago
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Meso, The Republicans have been just as bad as the Republicans with earmarks.
I believe that happiness can be the fulfillment of one's expectations.
Obama PROMISED to not allow earmarks or pork. If he had kept his word, I would certainly have felt that he had a lot of promise as president.
Six weeks into his presidency he has failed to carry through on a promise that the American people believed would be a fresh way to budget.
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willottica8 months, 2 weeks ago
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A few republicans have repeated this "promise" now. Can I get a quote? Given that he has studied the constitution, and knows the limitations of the office of the President, I find it hard to believe that he would promise not to allow earmarks or pork, since that promise is not in the power of the president to keep.
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He may have promised to fight earmarks and pork. This is different. But please, I would like to know what he actually promised to do.
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mesodude8 months, 2 weeks ago
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"Six weeks into his presidency he has failed to carry through on a promise that the American people believed would be a fresh way to budget."
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--Well, since Drudge and Rush declared 6 weeks the official cut off point for success, I guess you're right Klarissa. Obama might as well pack up and move back to Chicago. Oh, well...He tried. ;-x
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