Earmarks, Smearmarks

 

      It shocks me that there are earmarks in the current $410 Billion Omnibus Spending Bill... NOT!  Earmarks are a way of life in Washington.  And it should be pointed out that they are not always bad.  In fact, they are usually good.  Roads and bridges, grants for life-saving research, and cash for people in need can be found in earmarks.  But just as the Republicans have tainted the word "liberal" into something dirty and disgusting when it is not, so have they done the same with "earmarks."  Unfortunately for the Republicans, if the truth be known, 40% of the earmarks in the current spending bill are sponsored by Republicans!

 

      The hypocrisy of the Republicans never ceases to amaze me.  Nearly every progressive advance that has ever come to our society has come from liberals.  The Republicans stand in the way of progress at every turn.  Their slogan should be "Change is Needless", for the change they really want is to stop all forward progress towards bettering the country for all the people rather than just the rich and well-to-do.  And they are willing to find any way to smear the Democrat Party, even when their members are offenders too!

 

      Oh, and by the way, would somebody tell McCain to shut up about telling the President to stop the earmarking in this spending bill until he has gotten all his Republican friends to withdraw their earmarks!  That would be change we can believe in!

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