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

[Joanne98]

FAIRFAX, Va. — Republican presidential nominee John McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, equated lawmakers' requests for funding for special projects with corruption on Wednesday even though Palin herself has requested nearly $200 million in so-called "earmarks" this year.

Campaigning in Virginia, McCain blamed earmarks for high food and gasoline prices and the trouble that many homeowners face in making mortgage payments. He vowed again to veto any bill that contains such funding.

"I got an old ink pen, my friends, and the first pork barrel-laden earmark, big-spending bill that comes across my desk, I will veto it. You will know their names. I will make them famous and we'll stop this corruption," McCain said during a rally at a park in suburban Washington, D.C.

Palin has sought $197 million worth of earmarks for 2009, down about 25 percent from the $256 million she sought in the 2008 budget year. As mayor of tiny Wasilla, Alaska, she hired a lobbyist to seek federal money for special projects. Wasilla obtained 14 earmarks, totaling $27 million, between 2000-2003, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/palin-and-mccain-denounce_n_125432.html

[eleny]

1. Entirely Cheneyesque

[Supersedeas]

2. up is down, wrong is right, and 2 + 2 = 5