I see liberals all the time making variants of that argument that "Unless you are going to do something everywhere, you shouldn't do it anywhere." A classic of that type of argument is the argument the left makes that unless we are willing to get rid of every dictator, we shouldn't get rid of any particular dictator like Hussein.
Wouldn't you agree that that type of argument is really an intellectually dishonest dodge. What you are really saying when you say that is that you don't want any cuts in spending. Isn't that the case?
This seems to be about personal retribution to me. That is the point of the article, and I think that making it an argument about "smaller government" is a diversion.
You don't think there was any personal retribution involved? It just happened to be that all the wasteful road projects were in these 21 districts.