[OFB Cafe] The TRUTH about earmarks, and who does and who doesn't!!

[Fred Smith]

Funny you picked 2008 for McCain; maybe his 'record' is so good  
because he isn't even voting this year. McCain has missed a staggering  
412 votes this year, more than twice as many as anyone else. He's  
missed a large majority of his work obligations this year, but he's  
still collecting a paycheck.   Talk about government waste.

On Sep 22, 2008, at 5:57 PM, "Fred A. Miller" <fmiller at lightlink.com>  
wrote:

> This Morning:
>
> The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, a non-partisan  
> watch
> group dedicated to monitoring governmental fraud, waste, and abuse,
> released the records of the three senators involved in the  
> presidential
> race.
>
> The Council rated the candidates on the amount of earmarks they had
> added to bills to rake in pork for their states and for the number of
> times they voted on bills with earmarks in them.
>
> Barak Obama - Obama requested $97.4 million in earmarks in '07 and  
> voted
> on earmarked legislation 53 times. His rating for '07 is 10% (out of a
> possible 100% favorable rating) and his lifetime rating is 18%.
>
> Joe Biden - He requested $119,7 million in earmarks and voted for 70
> earmarked bills in '08 for a 0% rating, one of six in the Senate who
> received this bottom rating. His lifetime rating is 18%. Only one  
> other
> Senator has a rating that low.
>
> John McCain - McCain requested $0 in earmarks and voted for 0
> legislation with earmarks on them in '08. In his 20 years in the  
> Senate
> he has never earmarked a piece of legislation. His lifetime rating is
> 88%, among the highest in the Senate.
>
> The Council noted that a Senator may vote on a bill with earmarks
> despite them instead of because of them.
>
> -- 
> "While addressing the [GOP convention], Sarah Palin criticized
> Barack Obama for not having enough 'specifics.' Obama was
> reportedly angry about the claim, but didn't say
> exactly why." -Conan O'Brien
>
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