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October 22, 2005

G.O.P. fat on pork

Ted Stevens, the senior senator from Alaska, promised that he would resign and "be taken out of here on a stretcher" if the Senate killed funding for two pork-barrel Alaskan bridges.

AtlasBlogged wishes it had been so. Not that we wish Senator Stevens ill will, but we would welcome the resignation of any senator who lacks the guts and/or common sense to stop the federal pork-barrel spending that continues to expand, year after year, despite the fact that voters thought they had filled both houses of our federal legislature with members of a "smaller government" party. The G.O.P. rode into town on promises of fiscal conservatism... so where is it?

Stevens managed to marshal support against a measure introduced by Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma that would have eliminated $450 million in federal funds for bridges in the state of Alaska, including the infamous Bridge to Nowhere (see previous). The measure would have shifted $75 million of that money to rebuilding a bridge damaged by Hurricane Katrina... but it failed on an 82-to-15 vote.

Amy Ridenour and BizzyBlog (Remind me again–Which party has control of the White House and Congress?) also blogging this issue, among others. More attention needs to be paid, and not just by bloggers. Voters are getting fleeced, but the Democrats won't draw attention to the Republican broken promises of fiscal responsibility, because they know they aren't up for cuts in spending, either.

Wulf Posted by Wulf on October 22, 2005 at 10:05 AM

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The Repubicans of the 21st century have turned their backs on Ronnie. They look like the Democrats did before Newt. Reminds me very much of a book I read 45 years ago ANIMAL FARM by Orwell. To understand how today's GOP became the liberals the Dems were from 1933 - 1994 read it.
Ronnie who said as President " The govt can not solve the probler the govt is the prpblem!" has to be very unhappy. As are his followers.

Posted by: Rodney A Stanton at October 22, 2005 6:43 PM

I almost mentioned that Reagan quote myself. I haven't read Animal Farm in 20 years, but a re-read is a good suggestion. Thanks!

Posted by: Wulf at October 22, 2005 9:24 PM

I think today's GOP is more liberal than the Democrats were when Bill was President. About equal to before then. It is maddening that these liberals lie to us and say they are "conservative". If Bush and DeLay are Conservatrive then Ronnie was a liberal! They just think we are dumb!

Posted by: Jo macDougal at October 24, 2005 2:20 PM

Wish I would have seen sooner.

I did a post later on just Stevens:

“Waste Ted” Stevens Threatens to Resign. He Should.
http://www.bizzyblog.com/?p=708

I linked to you with an update at that post and tracked back.

Posted by: Tom Blumer at October 25, 2005 3:10 AM

Nice article, Tom. You really flesh it out over there. "Waste Ted" has a nice ring to it.

Posted by: wulf at October 25, 2005 6:40 AM

Jo MacDougal said:

"I think today's GOP is more liberal than the Democrats were when Bill was President."

I feel your frustration, Jo, but let's not get hysterical here, Jo. No one is more liberal or pro-Socialism than the modern, Bill Clinton-era Democrat.

Posted by: rammage at October 25, 2005 7:54 AM

Thanks.

Posted by: Tom Blumer at October 25, 2005 9:52 AM

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