Pork barrel politics is a political practice, not an ideological one...except for peripherally perhaps, and moreso depending on the pork being barrelled. And I really don't understand an attempt to bring it up as some kind of enlightening new fact.
Look, your guys do it, too...so see, you have no philosophical basis with which to not vote conservative. Is this the reasoning?
I am on the left because of a profound philosophical difference on humanist issues from most people on the right. Not because I'm under the impression that republicans sponsor pork barrel politics and democrats do not. In fact, the vast array of commonly held, and doubtful, political practices in US politics among BOTH parties are one of the reasons I consider myself to be more of a liberal and a leftist than a "democrat."
So democrats sponsor pork barrel politics...really, yeah well, that's real interesting. Let me just finish up this round of Tetris and I'll get right on giving that the kind of profound consideration it deserves.
