obama Said "NO EARMARKS" LOL! Did Americans Actually Believe Him?

What do over 9,000 pieces of Earmark legislation look like? Just take a look at what Rep. Tom Price has to show you. The pile on the left is the pork in the omnibus spending bill; the pile on the right, the rest of the bill.

http://rsc.tomprice.house.gov/

http://www.citizen-right.com/2009/02/obamas-new-spending-bill-has-9000-earmarks/

During the 2008 presidential campaign, candidates Barack Obama and John McCain fought vigorously over who would be toughest on congressional earmarks.

"We need earmark reform," Obama said in September during a presidential debate in Oxford, Miss. "And when Im president, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely."

President Barack Obama should prepare to carve out a lot of free time and keep the coffee hot this week as Congress prepares to unveil a $410 billion omnibus spending bill thats riddled with thousands of earmarks, despite his calls for restraint and efforts on Capitol Hill to curtail the practice.

The bill will contain about 9,000 earmarks totaling $5 billion, congressional officials say. Many of the earmarks — loosely defined as local projects inserted by members of Congress — were inserted last year as the spending bills worked their way through various committees.

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[jrs89]

It's over 9000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

[WHACKBUSH]

Nope. he never, ever promised to veto or ban all earmarks. Never. Just didn't happen. Ever. You must be the complete moron.

[hellotommy]

DUH

[beave1127]

ok lets put it in stupid terms. You are at home and you are going over all you bills,when you find out you owe 20,000 dollars. Ok now you need to find a way to balance your bills lets see you can ether cut spending on the least important things or, heres the big one, you ready for it ok, you can call your bank and take out a loan for 40,000. 20,000 to pay off bills and 20,000 to live on for the year. Oh wait tat cant work because now I owe 40,000 instead of 20,000. Now im going to barrow 80,000

[dirkbag22]

You'll enjoy this: watch?v=2sv5AlqTCxg

[sandmanhopes]

mcCain was on ticket for no earmarks Obama was on ticket for earmark reform going though line for line as well publick helping with deciding earmarks so hey thats what he is doing lol get facts straight

looking at 35 repubs voting against earmarks in this bill who asked for them Mitch McConnell R-Ky 35 earmarks $51 mil, Lindsey Graham R-S.C. 14 earmarks $9.5 mil

list goes on its at the bottom of my tv screen right now wow

[girzwald3]

It just keeps going up!

*scanner blows up*

[flang]

"campaign about how he would veto any bills that contained earmarks"

Might want to learn some facts, he never said he was against all earmarks.

He is for reforming the Earmark process, do you realize that he has no line item veto?

To cut out the earmarks is useless, as the money is still in the bill. You morons that don't even understand how Congress works rally against earmarks, not even understanding its the appropriation you should be crying about.

[hellotommy]

You have ZERO credibility if you do not practice what you preach. I'm a strict fiscal Conservative. The republicans are light weight Dems in my book.

Spending so far:

$18,584 per household, this is cruel and irresponsible economic warfare waged against We The People.

That's what I think.

[TheD2250]

Are you a complete moron? Or just simply choose what you want to hear?

So repubs added 40%, the issue here is that Obama bludgeoned us to death during the campaign about how he would veto any bills that contained earmarks. You crazy left wingers amaze me with your audacity to ignore blatant lies and attempt to turn them around on us. How pathetic. The boy isn't ready for this job, and it's not-so-slowly, but certainly surely, proving to be true.