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Originally Posted by Seaver
If he gets the earmark bill through, I could care less how he explains it to the lobbyists who gave him money.
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What earmarks bill?
He was
one of the 14 Republicans who voted against the lobbying and earmark disclosure bill last year, the first in more than 10 years and even though it was far from perfect and not strong enough, was better than anything the Republicans proposed when they were in control.
If he was the big earmark reformer, he had six years, when his party controlled both houses of Congress and the White House, to propose strong earmarks reform...and he did nothing. This year, he proposed banning all earmarks for one year...his own party thought it was so transparently an election year gimmick, they rejected it w/o any debate at all.
BTW, McCain has already reversed his pledge that as president, he would veto any bill with earmarks....which was a stupid pledge to begin with and only demonstrated his lack of understanding of the budget process..since all earmarks are not bad.
Seaver....more fact-checking please!