Comments on: House Republicans defend earmarks against Democrat threat to delete them?

By: Think Progress » Republican Crusade on Earmarks Undermined By Republicans

Think Progress » Republican Crusade on Earmarks Undermined By Republicans — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:41:19 +0000

[...] omnibus spending plan, he ran into deep opposition from conservatives. Conservative bloggers even criticized their party for not supporting the [...]

By: Gianni

Gianni — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:45:34 +0000

Hmmm… Wonder why this part of Boehner’s quote didn’t make Politico’s article…

“I don’t think it’s sustainable on his part,” Boehner said. “I wonder if he asked the speaker of the House or the majority leader of the House whether they thought that was an appropriate direction to go in since they happen to be the members with the most earmarks in these bills.”

Fox News

By: Jaibones

Jaibones — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:22:22 +0000

So, anyone think we could vote in a GOP President, while not casting a single vote nationally for Republicans in Congress? Just a thought.

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: Budget showdown in Washington

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: Budget showdown in Washington — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:26:01 +0000

[...] today I blogged what amounts to Politico’s take on the budget battle that’s brewing in Washington, [...]

By: allrsn

allrsn — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:30:54 +0000

I have heard but not verified that John Kline Minnesota stated that he refused earmarks for his district.

If this is true did he really refuse or did he fail to get any?

I hope someone DID have the guts to standup against these loony pigs.

Does anyone know the truth here?

By: Mallard T. Drake

Mallard T. Drake — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:18:25 +0000

I thought the House Republicans were the ones holding fast to the conservative agenda, as opposed to the senate repubs. Great, they’ve all flipped.

Over the door of the House cloakroom is there a sign saying “You will be assimilated, love DNC” ?

By: Resolute

Resolute — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:13:48 +0000

“We’re not going to let them do a punitive thing like that,” said Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.).

Billions of dollars of taxpayer money on the line and the important thing here is how it affects those poor downtrodden congressmen.

By: thuja

thuja — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:54:06 +0000

I mostly don’t agree with Obey, but I’m beginning to respect him, like I do Feingold. They both seem to be rational–however much I disagree with them. On the other hand, Murtha and Pelosi are pointless hacks, like Trent Lott.

I don’t think I’ve got quite the right word to explain my disgust for Murtha, Pelosi, and Lott and my appreciation for Obey, Feingold, and deMint. Is it integrity? or what?

By: Tzetzes

Tzetzes — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:34:31 +0000

Democrats: evil
Republicans: stupid

By: danking70

danking70 — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:31:03 +0000

I hope Bush would veto the bill and rip both Dems and Reps.

By: MB4

MB4 — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:07:32 +0000

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress.
- Mark Twain

By: MB4

MB4 — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:05:48 +0000

House Republicans defend earmarks against Democrat threat to delete them?

What a terrible thing to have lost one’s mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is.
- Dan Quayle

By: Buy Danish

Buy Danish — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:55:44 +0000

I’m confused. Special Report/Fox News reported this very differently.

They said that Boehner was egging on the Democrats to get rid of Earmarks since 60% of them are theirs anyway, and Fox went on to quote Boehner saying that Obey was trying to “blackmail” the President by threatening to dump his entire budget which includes funding the Iraq War.

That is quite different from threatening to “cut spending”. Isn’t it?

By: Nothing Worthwhile To Say - Pursuing Holiness

Nothing Worthwhile To Say - Pursuing Holiness — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:18:30 +0000

[...] my two cents in about Jimmah Carter’s potential second term, about the fact that the GOP has completely forfeited the right to criticize the Democrats for their fiscal irresponsibility, or having my server suffer [...]

By: leanright

leanright — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:14:52 +0000

Proof positive that every time Lott opens his mouth, he swallows his face.
Boehner is just one more example of what suffering from lobel rectalitis,(head in a$$syndrome),can bring about.

By: CP

CP — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:50:17 +0000

Not for nothin, Huck’s congressional chairman is Don “My Money” Young (R-Porkville, AK)

By: offroadaz

offroadaz — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:42:16 +0000

time for a new party?

By: O-Dub

O-Dub — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:38:45 +0000

We need to elect people like Allen West to congress. Remember the Army LTC who fired a round into a weapon clearing barrel in Iraq to scare an Iraqi which resulted in obtaining information to prevent an attack on his soldiers? He's running for congress from FL. Donate. I did. Allen West for Congress

By: conservnut

conservnut — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:28:51 +0000

The world has gone truly mad!

By: JiangxiDad

JiangxiDad — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:17:31 +0000

That is an extraordinary endorsement of Romney by the editors at NRO– not because I disagree with their assessment of the man, as far as it went, but because they make no mention of the primary issues facing our country, namely our security, and Romney’s qualifications to deal with them. What about Iraq/Iran, al-Qaeda, international terrorism, nuclear proliferation, etc. Reading that endorsement it seemed as if 9-11 didn’t happen. What Twin Towers?

Why didn’t they address Romney’s ability to be commander-in-chief, and chief SOB when needed? I’ve got supplies stored in the basement. Why? They must be crazy over at NRO.

By: gabriel sutherland

gabriel sutherland — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:15:24 +0000

The Napoleon maxim still stands.

Never interrupt your opponent while they are making a mistake.

By: Harpoon

Harpoon — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:15:06 +0000

Fully 1/3 of the American electorate… many of them Conservative… are now registered as “Unaffiliated”…

This is why.

Romeo13 on December 11, 2007 at 4:37 PM

A b s o l u t e l y – I have been calling myself “Unaffiliated” for a little over two years. Which means I vote for a conservative or I don’t vote at all. Here in Texas, I did not vote for Rick Perry.

By: Always Right

Always Right — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:57:29 +0000

What Mitt would do, or should do, is what I hope Rudy and/or John and/or Fred would do:

V. E. T. O.

By: Bad Candy

Bad Candy — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:50:56 +0000

~~It’s like~~ they’re retarded.

Griz on December 11, 2007 at 4:47 PM

FTFY

OINK! OINK! OINK! Friggin’ RINO tools. We oughta send a bunch of those cheapo rubber pig noses to DC so they can wear them to votes.

By: Nessuno

Nessuno — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:50:28 +0000

Why don’t we nominate a big-spending mushy liberal for president while we’re at it, too.

So, really, what do we do when the party nominates Huckabee for president. Do we wait around for a decade for the inevitable reallignment?

I’d be aching for a new third party; I think the Federalist Party would be a great name. Much more libertarian than the Reps, but strong on defense and foreign policy and pro-life.

But that ain’t gonna happen. So in the mean time, we’re stuck with tax and spend Republicans in the House and two liberals running for President.

We’re screwed.