Rand Paul Already Flip Flopping on His Earmark Pledge
Looks like Kentucky Senator-elect TeaPublican Rand Paul is already flip flopping on whether he supports a ban on earmarks.
Senator-Elect Rand Paul Breaks Tea Party Pledge, Now Vows To ‘Fight’ For Earmarks:
Congressional earmarks has been one of the key targets of the Tea Party’s anti-spending fervor. Angry over the House GOP’s failure to include an earmark moratorium in its “Pledge To America,” Tea Party supporters looked to their Washington outsider candidates to champion their current raison d’être.
One Tea Party hero, Senator-elect Rand Paul (R-KY), jumped on the anti-earmark bandwagon early, making “a ban on wasteful earmark spending in Washington D.C. one of the key points of his campaign” in March. Lambasting lawmakers who opt for “photo-ops with oversized fake cardboard checks,” Paul vowed to “dismantle the culture of professional politicians” even if he “ruffled a lot of establishment feathers” while doing it.
But after joining the GOP flock on Election Day, Paul is singing a different tune. In a Wall Street Journal profile this weekend, Paul signaled an about-face on his earmark position, committing to “fight for Kentucky’s share of earmarks and federal pork.” After all, he’s “not that crazy” of a libertarian. [...]
UPDATE: Rand Paul's new-found support for earmarks marks a stark flip from his anti-earmark position he held as recently as yesterday. On ABC's This Week, host Christiane Amanpour pushed Paul on the ways he'd cut spending. When she asked about earmarks, Paul declared "no more earmarks"
His campaign made similar remarks to the staff of AC360:
COOPER: Well, after we taped that discussion this evening, we got an explanation from Rand Paul's office.
A spokesman told us "The Wall Street Journal" reporter is a good guy and a -- quote -- "thoughtful writer," but he -- quote -- "misunderstood" the part of the discussion he had about earmarks.
The spokesman for Rand Paul also told us that senator-elect Paul was saying that he will advocate for Kentucky's interests and -- quote -- "submit request for funding through the appropriations process, but he will not request earmarks."
We put in a call to "The Wall Street Journal" to see if they stand by their reporting. We haven't heard back from them. We will continue to watch what happens when Rand Paul gets to Washington.
Earmarks... did I say earmarks?
The TPers that don't conform to the GOP will be booted out by the GOP on ethics violations. They were used to get the Dems out of their seats, and if they don't walk the GOP walk they will be walking the next plank out of DC :) Just like the Moral Majority, and anti-Gay Marriage voters before them. Used by the GOP for their votes and contributions....
Exactly!
Trouble is these special voters are hard to get rid of after they lose their value. Look how long the moral majority has been hanging around the republicans' neck.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Maybe it'll make it that much easier for the TP'ers and progressives to form a third party which will boot both of those corporate assholes out of office.
"misunderstood" the part of the discussion he had about earmarks
How many times will he tell his constituents this line after voting? I'm going with "every other vote." Any takers on those odds?
And I'm guessing he will be sorry if he offended anyone with his misunderstood remarks.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
I'm guessing the 'misunderstanding' can be put on Aqua Buddha's faulty info on the subject
me-oww!
Suckers! This is what happens when idiots vote. You get a good fisting. Bend over and crack a smile!
Rand Paul has made a ban on wasteful earmark spending in Washington D.C. one of the key points of his campaign. He has supported Sen. Jim DeMint’s vocal support for an earmark ban and he supports news that House Democrats are even coming around on the idea of a partial ban.
“The Tea Party movement is an effort to get government under control,” Rand said. “I’m running to represent Kentuckians and to dismantle the culture of professional politicians in Washington. Leadership isn’t photo-ops with oversized fake cardboard checks. That kind of thinking is bankrupting our nation. Senator DeMint understands that and has taken action to stop it.”
http://www.randpaul2010.com/2010/03/earmark-b...
you see, his position was *cough* against wasteful earmarks. and if it is for his home state, and will curry him favor and possibly lead to his reelection, than, obviously, it isn't wasteful. how could it be bad if it could help rand paul? you guys just don't understand the complexities of a modern day sell-out.
He's against most (wasteful) earmarks, EXCEPT those that go to his district.
dealing has already started. Paul can now vote against raising the debt ceiling. McConnell has told him he can vote no since other establisment Republicans will vote yes giving him and his loonie wing cover. They're playing the baggers for the suckers they clearly are. You've been had folks! Let's see if we can come up with a clever name for this like they did with the kornhusker kickback? How about the debt ceiling doop?
Suckerrrrssss!
The ignorance of the American People cannot be underestimated..
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
It can be counted on.
about two things:
Dems have been plundering SS (while they were on record for 'privatising' and
losing it allinvesting it in the stock market, but not saying it in their ads) and "Earmarks--eeveeeeel!" and saying they would never ask for earmarks.me-oww!
He didn't change his position, he forgot what it was!
It was his dang Aqua Buddha bong...
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
It was missionary.
What a surprise.....just another example of the Rethuglican mantra:
Do as I say, not as I do.
“The greatest evildoers are those who don’t remember because they have never given thought to the matter, and, without remembrance, nothing can hold them back,”
we all on SS can forget the $250 "ENTITLEMENT" to help pay for prescription drugs with the older farts voting republican.
McConnell and the others must have taken him aside to let him know that one Senators "Earmark" is another Senators Vital Community Project. Dumb Ass. He'll learn or find himself in a basement office with a deaf secretary and no phone or heat. On a related note, is it just me or is he a silly looking person?
and we thought that Bush had the Alfred E Neuman impersonation locked.
is nearly complete. Aqua Buddha, who dat?
He's definitely goofy looking.
reporting agency, just like he did with his own certification board.
give faux a run for it's money with the distortion and lies business.
The Dems could knock down the teapublican line with just this example of two-faced lies... but will they? Will they have the guts that Al Sharpton had on (I forget the weekend bobblehead program) when he said that he hopes the T-party goes to DC and forcefully pushes for their extreme agenda? Or will they just sit back and say "Bad Nancy! Bad! Go to your room!"?
LOL! These Republican piles of shit are such liars.
Over 140 - Genius or near genius
120 - 140 - Very superior intelligence
110 - 119 - Superior intelligence
90 - 109 - Normal or average intelligence
80 - 89 - Dullness
70 - 79 - Borderline deficiency
Under 70 - Teabagger
The tp'ers have been tp'd.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
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Government + the Federal Reserve = organized crime
Palin and Rove are really going at it and it's not only Rove who is going after Palin , geese I hope the Repugs self destruct . Piggy Noonan really did a number on Palin in the Murdoch Journal too .Palin was on the tube talking about it and seemingly baffled by it all . LOL . They know if she did run for President she could win the Republican nomination and they would be screwed . Paul and Demented are going to be a pain in the Repug establishments butt too . This is going to be good , the tea party morons verses the Repug establishment . Given the Democratic party it's our only hope . I think I'll start trying to get em going at each other in blogs and the opinion and comment sections of the major papers , should be fun .
Insanity , it is what it is , there is no understanding it .
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Now that would be good, and a site to see.....LOL
Answer: A medical miracle, a Neanderthal who manages to eat, dress and sh!t by himself while clinically brain dead.
Question: Who is George Bush?
FYI, the sh!tting by himself has yet to be conclusively verified as fact, as there are no reliable eyewitnesses.
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Hi Heather,
This is an edited nicer response. Let’s talk about Mr. Obama and the Democrats, flip flopping on pulling all the troops out of Iraq, flip flopping on closing down Guantanamo, keeping the military and banks nice and fat off the taxpayer dollars and quantitative easing rounds 1 and 2. Of course, this will turn into and quantitative easing rounds 3,4,5,6 and 7, until the dollar is worth the same amount as toilet paper. Seen the price of gold lately? How about the continue erosion of our civil liberties via the TSA and their virtual strip search machines. Maybe Crooks and Liars should focus on stuff that really matters like getting the US military out of the 120 plus counties, stopping these god-awful wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that have killed thousands of innocence people for the continuation of our Pax Americana. You know want Crooks and Liars protest is—a token PBS in memoriam?! How about auditing the Federal Reserve to see how the poor and middle class are being ripped off. Here are some stories you can follow up on. I be nice--if you be nice to me.
Peace
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101109/ap_on_re_...
http://www.dontscan.us/index.html
http://wikileaks.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0_TtYQEDTo&fe...
http://www.salon.com/news/economics/index.htm...
in a more constructive way.
Heather had nothing to do with the deletion. I don't know if she's even seen the thread since it dropped.
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