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What?s the Matter With Washington?
Posted by: Beau7890 2 weeks, 5 days agoIn "The Wrecking Crew," the liberal journalist Thomas Frank tells the story of free-market ideologues who came to Washington to start a revolution and built ...
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Is Palin a fiscal conservative?
Posted by: Stringcheese 6 days, 9 hours agoJohn McCain has been critical of Barack Obama’s plan for a windfall profits tax on oil companies, correctly citing that it would hurt potential ...
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Palin relied on earmark system she now opposes
Posted by: Neophile 3 days, 16 hours agoThe governor's past practice on earmarks stands in contrast to the views of her running mate, a researcher at a watchdog group says.
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Palin's Small Alaska Town Secured Big Federal Funds
Posted by: diogenes21st 2 days, 14 hours agoST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 1 -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin employed a lobbying firm to secure almost $27 million in federal earmarks for a town of ...
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Obama Gave Biden Sons Clients $3.4M
Posted by: pc25 2 days, 9 hours agoSen. Barack Obama sought more than $3.4 million in congressional earmarks for clients of the lobbyist son of his Democratic running mate, Sen. Joseph ...
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Palin's Alaska Town Secured Millions In Federal Earmarks
Posted by: TimALoftis 2 days, 8 hours agoAlaska Gov. Sarah Palin employed a lobbying firm to secure almost $27 million in federal earmarks for a town of 6,700 residents while she ...
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McCain's Lists of Objectionable Pork Spending Have Contained Earmarks Sarah Palin Requested 3 Times in Recent Years
Posted by: Neophile 1 day, 14 hours agoFor much of his long career in Washington, John McCain has been throwing darts at the special spending system known as earmarking, through which powerful ...
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McCain had criticized earmarks from Palin
Posted by: cowboygrandpa 1 day, 13 hours agoFor much of his long career in Washington, John McCain has been throwing darts at the special spending system known as earmarking, through which powerful ...
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RNC: Earmarkers Anonymous
Posted by: JamesMarcus 1 day, 7 hours agoToday Senator Jim DeMint and a band of his colleagues resolved to stamp out the furtive appropriations known as earmarks. As Rep. Eric Cantor made ...
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McCain had criticized earmarks from Palin
Posted by: cowboygrandpa 1 day, 13 hours agoFor much of his long career in Washington, John McCain has been throwing darts at the special spending system known as earmarking, through which powerful ...
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8 More Shocking Revelations About Sarah Palin
Posted by: Aidenag 1 day, 6 hours agoSince the McCain campaign apparently didn't even bother Googling Sarah Palin before picking her to join the Republican ticket, we've taken it upon ...
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Palin's Speech vs. Reality
Posted by: Neophile 16 hours, 52 minutes agoJust because a Republican at the convention says its true doesn’t make it so. Check this page to find out the truth about Republican ...
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