Saturday, September 13, 2008

McCain the candidate hates earmarks.

That is about the only position, albeit once again lacking details, that we hear from the Old Fart these days. On the other hand Senator McCain is supporting a bill in Congress that is carrying a bunch of earmarks.
John McCain supports an $8 billion infusion of funding for federal highway construction, his campaign said Friday, even though some of the money would cover pork barrel projects the Republican presidential candidate has vowed to stamp out.
He says his support is conditioned on the obvious need for this bill.
McCain supports the legislation that President Bush was expected to sign "on the grounds that ongoing projects are threatened," campaign spokesman Brian Rogers said in an e-mail.
I don't suppose this would in any way influence his support.
By one estimate, roughly $100,000 of the $8 billion would go to projects in Alaska, home state of McCain's running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin. Her spokeswoman had no immediate comment on her position.
Can't be possible, Gov. Palin never takes earmarks, she said so herself. And so did John McCain.

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