[Wuli]

15,000 'earmarks' (personal add-ons from individual representatives), for local projects, and not individually voted on, worth $10 billion added to last years spending bills in the House

a 1,000% reversal from the 1994 GOP campaign that complained about 1,500 such earmarks

to the GOP base, that said a lot

[Mad Dawgg]

"15,000 'earmarks'"

Speaking of such, the other night on 60 minutes they profiled a congressman, I think he was from Utah, who stands up on the floor of congress and questions every earmark on every bill he sees and does not know what it is for.

The other congressman hate him, I want him for Republican Speaker!

[saradippity]

Yes,those "earmarks" said a whole lot to those who listened.The repubs spent much time pointing out dems who also did things that were questionable. This only made them look like little,whiny kids who tell their parents "well,everybody does it".

Good parents or mature adults respond with "I don't care if everybody does it,it's wrong and this family is not 'everybody',grow up and fly right." Instead repubs looked juvenile and overprotective and willing to defend the indefensible if it was in their family. Bad strategy,dishonest and hypocritical.