[Mo1]

Many conservatives are convinced that the GOP lost control of Congress last November because of excessive spending

I agree with your post .. but also we can't ignore many of the spending on the stupid pork projects that was stuck in big important bills

[ClaireSolt]

I was deeply disappointed to learn that they thought that was what we wanted. Not I.

[Eric Blair 2084]

but also we can't ignore many of the spending on the stupid pork projects that was stuck in big important bills

So why did it take a bunch of tax and spend liberals led by mommy Pelosi to finally put an end to it. Now we actually look like the party of Big Gubmint and pork barrel spending. Pence tried for years to do away with it but was universally ignored by our/his own party.