[Dean's World] Dave Price: Extra-Egregious Earmarking

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Posted by Dave Price:
Extra-Egregious Earmarking
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1179938476.shtml


   Via Glenn, [1]PorkBusters has the almost unbelievable news that
   Democrats are not only not going to continue earmarks, they're
   actually changing the rules to make it harder to even challenge them.
   It's hard not to see this as partly the wages of an explicit attitude
   of being "tactical, not ideological" in some [2]influential parts of
   the sinestrosphere. As the old saying goes, if you stand for nothing
   you'll fall for anything. The Republicans could never get away with
   this stuff because their base would go nuts, whereas the Dems can put
   Congressmen who accepted bribes into sensitive and powerful positions,
   bully their peers into accepting corruption, and pass rules to further
   stack the deck in favor of corruption -- and no one seems to care
   much, or even find it unusual.
   Again, I have to ask: does the American Left care about corruption at
   all, other than as an occasionally useful slogan with which to
   campaign against Republicans?

References

   1. http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2007/05/obey_plans_to_stomp_out_all_ea.php
   2. http://www.dailykos.com/