Posted on 11/30/2011 8:52:31 PM PST by PhilipFreneau
Glenn Beck Smears Ron Paul With Half-Truths About Paul's Earmarks.
Today on his radio show Glenn Beck and his staff declared that Ron Paul is the "earmark king", and labeled Paul a hypocrit. Beck correctly stated that Paul adds many earmarks to spending bills, and then votes against the spending bills. What Beck left out (either by deceit or by ignorance) is that earmarks do not increase the size of a budget. The money allocated for a budget is set by the Appropriations Committee prior to any allocation or earmark. All money not allocated or earmarked is not deleted from the budget, but rather is turned over the the executive branch to spend as it sees fit.
According to Wikipedia [re. Earmark], "Scott Frisch and Sean Kelly point out that directing money to particular purposes is a core constitutional function of Congress. If Congress does not make a specific allocation, the task falls to the executive branch; there is no guarantee that the allocation made by executive agencies will be superior to Congress's. Presidents and executive officials can use the allocation of spending to reward friends and punish enemies." They also warned the "Tea Party's Anti-Earmark Crusade Gives More Power to President Obama".
Those are important points. Unallocated money has no transparency, and therefore can be used by the President to reward friends and punish enemies, without public scrutiny. Therefore, by earmarking as much as he can, Ron Paul is increasing the transparency of government spending. Until the Congress passes a law that requires all unallocated money to be deleted from the budget and returned to the Treasury, Congressman Paul is doing all he can do to increase the transparency of federal expenditures.
Glenn Beck is constantly preaching to us about the importance of (honorable) character. Maybe Beck should practice what he preaches.
Only a fool supports an antsemite while claiming to be Jewish.
>>>Only a fool supports an antsemite while claiming to be Jewish.<<<
Only a LIAR would declare Ron Paul to be an anti-semite.
Sorry, LIAR, your smears no longer work.
I accepted. I put out a declarative statement about your fuhrer RuPaul and now you’re crying like an OWS slob who had his tent taken away.
C’mon Paulbot, you’ve got to try harder than this.
BTW, Coward,
When are you going to debate me on CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES?
LOL. You are a COWARD and a LIAR!
I accepted. I put out a declarative statement about your fuhrer RuPaul and now you’re crying like an OWS slob who had his tent taken away.
I can assure you, I’m not afraid of a Paulbot who only has an original thought when Screwy Lewy Rockwell tells him to have one.
I’ve also noticed you didn’t respond to my previous post where I illustrated that RuPaul has declined to support the amendment to defend marriage from the leftists, blamed the US for 9/11, and defends Islamo-Nazi Iran.
>>>I put out a declarative statement about your fuhrer RuPaul and now youre crying like an OWS slob who had his tent taken away.<<<
You are truly bizarre. I am now convinced you are a paid SHILL for Obama and/or his Union thugs.
I will not sit and trade insults with you, Paulbot. You can either answer my previous posts or make yourself look like a bigger dork than everyone seems to think you are. As Thomas Jefferson has pointed out, “It neither picks my pockett nor breaks my leg”. I really don’t care how you choose to waste your time.
>>>I accepted.<<<
LOL! You are funny.
Okay, what Constitutional Principles has Ron Paul violated. Be specific! And don’t try to fool us with your “Earmark” fallacies. It won’t work.
BTW, are you an OBAMA SHILL?
Whatever, Paulbot. Vote for your fuhrer. Go occupy Wall Street, go hang with Screwy Lewy Rockwell and the rest of the 9/11 Truthers. I honestly don’t care. You’re a drone and quite frankly a bore.
I’m done with you, Paulbot. Leave me alone.
>>>I will not sit and trade insults with you, Paulbot.<<<
Please point out to the FR audience the last time you have not traded insults, Obamabot.
>>>Im done with you, Paulbot. Leave me alone.<<<
What? You are going to take your marbles and run home, Obamabot?
Good riddance.
Seriously, I’m going to say this for the final time: Leave me alone. I have wasted enough of my precious time on this earth on the likes of you. I tried to debate you, then you hid under RuPaul’s burqa. Now you’re trying my patience and being an annoying little Paulbot.
Do not respond to this post. I have had enough of you.
>>>Seriously, Im going to say this for the final time: Leave me alone.<<<
Obamabot, if you want me to leave you alone, I will try to help you.
First, don’t reply to my posts, especially with idiotic comments, and I promise I will not respond.
Second, don’t pretend you are debating me when you do nothing but spew out ad hominem attacks and innuendos.
Third, don’t pretend to be a conservative when you are nothing more than a big government STATIST who endorses those who seek to control every aspect of our lives.
DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS POST, OBAMABOT. I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU.
What’s that annoying noise ?
>>>Whats that annoying noise ?<<<
I thought you were through with me, OBAMABOT?
LOL. You are such a joke.
You really are a delusional Paul-tard! You post that Beck is lying...then when the point is proven...you say "Great...it's more money that Obama can't have."
OK....that's crazy...and what's crazier is you don't see it.
*Sigh*
That noise is really starting to bug me....
>>>That noise is really starting to bug me....<<<
I think I understand. You cannot tolerate living with yourself if you cannot have the last word with anyone outside your bubble.
I recommend you seek professional assistance.
Wow...you really are crazy. You get on here in a post saying Beck is lying about your guy...they prove he's not...then you turn the argument around 180 degrees...so that the accusation becomes something noble?
Paul DOES add numerous earmarks to Bills and then votes against those bills. He mostly loads his earmarks into bills that are going to pass.
Now...the debate on the merits of earmarks as see by Ron Paul (who thinks earmarks are OK) is a separate debate. The thread should have really been about "IS HE DOING IT?" Is the ACCUSATION true? The answer is "YES!"
However, once you figured that out, you masterfully changed the subject...and a bunch of FREEPERS fell for it. Your thesis statement was that Glenn Beck was a liar. Well...turns out he's not...and you are glad for it.
And that is crazy.
BTW...I live in Paul's district. My wife was delivered by Dr. Ron Paul and we know the Paul family personally. I like Rob Paul personally...but he's wrong on many issues...this being one.
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