Considering Inhofe’s voting record and the fact that he’s a great guy, we’re pretty much out of Senators once we call him a RINO - we have to think a bit more about what’s he’s getting at.
His point is that people closer to the action should have some say on how federal money is spent...not Obama.
My answer is fine - and you can thank TED STEVENS and JOHN MCCAIN for giving earmarks their reputation. Game over Inhofe, you are probably right, but let it go...you are a great Senator - but this is not the time for Republicans to be defending earmarks.
You are so right. I understand they are closer to the situation. I also know that they can vote NO on a bill if it isn’t specific as to intent. It will be more work as everything will have to be extremely fine tuned before it is brought to vote, but that should be business as usual anyway. Riders and earmarks (same thing?) have been identified as the beginning of taking control of spending. We must succeed on this to prove how serious we are!
Earmarks (pork) have always been bad, especially in the case of Ted Stevens, but John McCain has never earmarked anything. I loath McCain, but I have to give the devil his due on that one.
Freepers here on the forum are way to quick to call others RINOs, without really knowing what a RINO is. And just to explain a RINO is someone who votes most of the time with the rats, not occasionally, like when it is a no partisan vote