Showing posts with label earmarks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label earmarks. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Report: Support for Stimulus Bill Plummets

Yahoo News is reporting today that public support for President Obama’s Stimulus Bill, which was supported by 57% of the public in January, has fallen to 51% today. This 6% drop signifies increased resistance to the bill, which is characterized by many as “pork-filled” and shady.

But what is the real reason why support has fallen. I propose two reasons: first, the short honeymoon between Pres. Obama and the American public could be over. Second, Americans are getting tired of the President’s double talk.

Considering that the former Senator has pushed vigorously and angrily for support of this bill, calling non-supporters “revisionist historians” and people who would rather do nothing and see the country crash and burn, the grace period between him and the people may be dwindling. He renounces those who don’t support the bill, he attacks them, and yet he calls for bi-partisanship. The American people must be starting to see through this façade.

In the President’s prime time speech on Monday, the AP reported that he was trying to have the word “earmark” both ways. In point of fact, he lied when he stated that there were “no earmarks” in the Stimulus Bill. The American people know better than to believe something that is as clearly a lie.

So the people are starting to say no to the Stimulus Bill… No wonder President Obama is desperately trying to ram it through the Congress.




Monday, February 9, 2009

Obama: 'There are no Earmarks in the Stimulus Bill'

In his press conference tonight, our President Barack Obama said that there were no earmarks in the Stimulus Bill. Can I just ask for a moment and laugh?

HaHaHaHaHahahahahahahahahahah

Okay, now that I'm done laughing, I may need to cry some, because anyone with any sense at all knows that this bill is piled high with earmarks. It is piled high with pork, it is piled high with earmarks, it is piled high with crap. We should give our President the benefit of the doubt, but I cannot here. No earmarks? Sounds like a lie to me.

Later in the speech, he even tried desperately to differentiate "pork" from "earmarks." My God, I'm started to get scared.

He went on to say that those who do not support the bill are in favor of not doing anything. He says some of them are even "revisionist historians." Mr. President, are you serious? He also said the bill was 'saving taxpayers money.' Seriously? Spending $800,000,000,000 saves us money?

I think I'm going to be sick.