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Congress cowers before reigning King of Pork

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-10-08 09:55|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 A pork roast in 2010, now that would be nice.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-10-08 10:03|| 2009-10-08 10:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Again........We will have our chance to FIRE everyone in washington. I could only hope that people are smart enough to do this.

Posted by armyguy 2009-10-08 10:06|| 2009-10-08 10:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Murtha's district had plenty of reason to fire him in 2008 but re-elected him; I figure he'll never get voted out.

Posted by Glenmore 2009-10-08 10:15|| 2009-10-08 10:15|| Front Page Top

#4 The only way to get rid of Murtha is to cut the flow of funds to his district - which means a conservative majority (and not a majority of the rinos the Republican party is now).

Once the funding dries up people in his district might realize that he's been insulting them all along.

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-10-08 10:23|| 2009-10-08 10:23|| Front Page Top

#5 Once the funding dries up people in his district might realize that he's been insulting them all along.

This goes back to the comment yesterday about there are some [too many] who want to remain on the Plantation. That's an equal opportunity Plantation, membership regardless of color, race or creed. They know they're jacking everyone else and don't really care. They're not fools, but co-conspirators.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-10-08 10:31|| 2009-10-08 10:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Murtha's district had plenty of reason to fire him in 2008 but re-elected him; I figure he'll never get voted out.

Yet McCain won his district (barely), go figure. They like the pork he brings in, though, so I agree he'll continue to be reelected (35 years and counting).

We need more Joe Wilson-types to call these slimeballs out. Otherwise, we'll be lucky to pick up 20 seats, much less take back the House.

Posted by Woozle Uneter9007 2009-10-08 11:28|| 2009-10-08 11:28|| Front Page Top

#7 actually, a lot of Republicans have high levels of pork barrel projects in their district and some of these are as useless and unproductive as the Murtha airport

This may be what procopius meant with his 'plantation' remark (or it might not).

Posted by lord garth 2009-10-08 13:22|| 2009-10-08 13:22|| Front Page Top

#8 I'll never figure out how he does it, unless it's his staff who manages to pull these things off and they cluelessly take courage from him. The guy is barely qualified to drool, let alone pull this kind of stuff off.

Posted by gorb 2009-10-08 17:14|| 2009-10-08 17:14|| Front Page Top

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