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A Sarcastic John McCain Tweets Top 10 Porkiest Projects
ABCNews.com ^ | 02/27/09 | Jake Tapper

Posted on 02/27/2009 6:25:03 PM PST by Big_Monkey

"Tmr I am gonna tweet the TOP TEN PORKIEST PROJECTS in the Omnibus Spending bill the Congress is about to pass," Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., wrote on his Twitter page yesterday.

And today he did.

They are:

"#10. $1.7M "for a honey bee factory" in Weslaco, TX

"#9. $475,000 to build a parking garage in Provo City, Utah

"#8. $200,000 "tattoo removal violence outreach program to could help gang members or others shed visible signs of their past" REALLY?

"#7. $300,000 for the Montana World Trade Center - enough said

"#6. $1 million for mormon cricket control in Utah - is that the species of cricket or a game played by the brits?

"#5. $650,000 for beaver management in North Carolina and Mississippi"

McCain had tweeted a question about how one manages a beaver, but he deleted it after the comment provoked a twizzard.

"#4. $2.1 million for the Center for Grape Genetics in New York - quick peel me a grape.

"#3. $332,000 for the design and construction of a school sidewalk in Franklin, Texas - not enough $ for schools in the stimulus?

"#2. $2 million 'for the promotion of astronomy' in Hawaii - because nothing says new jobs for average Americans like investing in astronomy"

And 30 minutes ago, Mr. McCain finally offered the big payoff:

"#1. $1.7 million for pig odor research in Iowa"

- jpt


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: bho44; mccain; porkulus; stimulus; topten
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To: Ditter
See #59

I don't have the Mensa I.Q.

61 posted on 02/28/2009 11:17:46 AM PST by lonestar
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To: Finny

I am very concerned at the twitters Fox is getting today from people supporting Romney... but then I believe Romney is as capable and uses the same methods as Obama to convince people up is down and down is up. He has his sites set on 2012, not a doubt in my mind... if he gets the nomination we won’t have a GOP president until at least 2016, which makes it all the more critical we build back the congress, senate and state governors.


62 posted on 02/28/2009 12:06:16 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
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To: Arizona Carolyn
...if he gets the nomination we won’t have a GOP president until at least 2016 ...

If he gets the nomination, we won't have a GOP, period. We barely have one now. I remember Rush way back saying if McCain got the nomination, it would be the end of the GOP.

*sigh*

63 posted on 02/28/2009 12:58:06 PM PST by Finny ("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent.)
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To: Finny

He won the CPAC strawpoll (last year he brought in the people who voted for him), followed by Jindal (IMHO not ready for primetime) and then tied for 3rd place Paul and Palin.


64 posted on 02/28/2009 1:44:55 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
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