McConnell Leads the Charge to Save Earmarks

It's no surprise that mushy moderate Mitch McConnell, with his National Taxpayer Union average of only 72%, leads the charge to save earmarks--they are the only way he can get his Kentucky-only horse socialist bailouts!

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CBS News Online Poll Results

A CBS News online poll currently shows 68% give Obama an F on the economy, 60% on foreign policy, 79% on health care, 32% on Afghanistan (not a majority but a plurality), 36% on Iraq (again a plurality), 58% on terrorism, 55% on energy and the environment, 59% on social issues, 78% on bipartisanship, and 64% on his overall job. These are staggeringly bad numbers, and the funny thing is that he gets his least-bad results for the one area on which liberals most oppose him--Afghanistan! Although I gave Obama an F in most areas, I did give him a D on Afghanistan because while he's been losing the war there (much as Bush spent years losing the war in Iraq before he agreed to McCain's surge) he hasn't cut and run like the John Edwards leftists want him to (when they're not too busy cheating on their spouses to care about foreign policy).

Given Obama’s imposition of fascist health care on us, it's no surprise that Obama scores worst on health care, where 79% give him an F, but note that an almost identical share (78%) gives him an F on bipartisanship. Obama made a big deal during the 2008 presidential campaign claiming he would govern with bipartisan support. The liberal media spread Obama's claim far and wide, even though Obama, according to the National Taxpayers Union ratings, has the most liberal voting record on spending, taxes and regulation of any member of the Senate. Mushy moderates tend to fall for such liberal media claims, but the viciously partisan imposition of fascist health care by Obama and his Democrat allies in Congress has, for the moment, revealed to mushy moderates (and even some mushy liberals who are wishing they'd supported Hillary in the Democrat primaries) the preposterous fraud behind Obama's claims to bipartisanship. Obama's fraudulent bipartisan claims should serve as a salient lesson to mushy moderates and mushy liberals not to believe liberal media propaganda about Democrats. People have short political memories, however, so I wouldn't count on mushies learning any long-term political lessons, although I'd be happy to have them prove me wrong.

To vote in the poll and see the results, you can go to http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-6116297-503544.html?tag= and then scroll down.

Obama, King of Earmarks

You might recall that Obama agreed with McCain to end earmarks. While McCain has a long record of fighting earmarks and other bloated pet special interest spending, Obama had the most liberal record in the Senate on spending, according to the National Taxpayers Union. So while McCain's opposition had historical credibility, Obama's did not, and wise people knew that Obama was just lying to win the election. Many liberals simply don't care how much Obama and Congress spend in rewarding special interest groups, so long as the liberals get their welfare-regulatory state. So while I don't expect very many liberals to get upset that Obama has become the King of Earmarks, I bet there are many moderates who voted for Obama really believing he would curtail earmarks. Now you have no excuse for not knowing better.

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