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Up For Re-Election, Senator Patty Murray Defends Earmarks
NPR ^ | 2010-06-07 | Austin Jenkins

Posted on 06/08/2010 9:22:38 AM PDT by epithermal

Critics of Washington Senator Patty Murray call her the "Queen of Pork." The three-term Democrat is currently ranked 9th in the Senate for earmarks. Republican Dino Rossi hopes to make this an issue in this year's campaign. But as KPLU's Austin Jenkins reports, Murray is unapologetic.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: 111th; 2010midterms; pattymurray; pork; rossi; wa2010
The sweet smell of bacon
1 posted on 06/08/2010 9:22:38 AM PDT by epithermal
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To: epithermal
The typical mood of the electorate.

Anti incumbent, but not OUR guy!

Anti pork, but not OUR pork!

I hope this argument gets traction, but it might be hard to get traction amid the bacon grease!

2 posted on 06/08/2010 9:24:14 AM PDT by allmendream (Income is EARNED not distributed. So how could it be re-distributed?)
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To: epithermal

Rossi best win this one...3 loses out of three would suck.


3 posted on 06/08/2010 9:24:17 AM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: epithermal

Leonard Lance in NJ very big on ear marks too. Just couldn’t get enough of them.


4 posted on 06/08/2010 9:25:32 AM PDT by Carley (For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
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To: epithermal

9th in PORK, first in DUMB

Osama bin Laden builds day care centers Patty Murray (D WA)


5 posted on 06/08/2010 9:28:23 AM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: epithermal

Someone needs to calculate how much that piece of bacon costs when extrapolated throughout Congress. If you’re losing half your paycheck to pay for other people’s pork plus giving up your healthcare, electricity, etc., what’s that pig really worth?


6 posted on 06/08/2010 9:29:02 AM PDT by Kenny
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To: epithermal

sadly where I live we have far too many voters who are addicted to pork


7 posted on 06/08/2010 9:47:51 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: epithermal

Even for all that pork, we have nothing but failure, job losses, and taxation to show for her senatorial reign. Unfortunately, our Leftists in WA never look at results...they just blindly vote D.


8 posted on 06/08/2010 9:50:34 AM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: epithermal

I would love to see her lose, but I doubt she will in a left coast blue hole like Washington. They like THEIR pork.


9 posted on 06/08/2010 10:18:09 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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10 posted on 06/08/2010 10:29:01 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Anti-Bubba182
Rossi gains edge over Murray in updated poll
11 posted on 06/08/2010 10:38:05 AM PDT by epithermal
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