Democrats Target Stimulus Critics Who Sought Funds

[SLCPUNK]

A scathing article by the conservative Wall Street Journal on the unmitigated hypocrisy of the GOP. Ouch!!!

More than a dozen Republican lawmakers supported stimulus-funding requests submitted to the Department of Labor, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Forest Service, in letters obtained by The Wall Street Journal through the Freedom of Information Act.

Rep. Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican who called the stimulus a "wasteful spending spree" that "misses the mark on all counts," wrote to Labor Secretary Hilda Solis in October in support of a grant application from a group in his district which, he said, "intends to place 1,000 workers in green jobs." A spokeswoman for Mr. Ryan said the congressman felt it was his job to provide "the basic constituent service of lending his assistance for federal grant requests."

Republican Reps. Sue Myrick of North Carolina and Jean Schmidt of Ohio sent letters in October asking for consideration of funding requests from local organizations training workers for energy-efficiency projects.
In November, Ms. Schmidt said in a statement, "It is time to recall the stimulus funds that have not been spent before the Chinese start charging us interest." Aides to the congresswomen said they had always supported local organizations in their requests for federal funding.

One of the letters was signed jointly with Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, also of Texas. The letter said that the Port of Houston Authority "has informed me of the positive impact this grant will have in the region by serving as a foundation for PHA's Clean Air Strategy Plan, creating jobs, and significantly reducing diesel emissions." Houston received millions of dollars in diesel funding.

The entire congressional delegation of Alabama, including its two Republican senators, wrote to then-Forest Service Chief Gail Kimbell asking for $15 million for cogongrass eradication and control programs in the state. The state ended up getting a $6.3 million grant.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703562404575067372476731404.html

[ronws]

Yeah, we call them RINOs. I will spell it out for you. Republicans In Name Only. Take the first letter of each word and you get "RINO." But they are not indicative of all republicans, and especially not indicative of all conservatives, of which there are some in both parties. Or conservatives such as myself, who are not registered to any party.

[SLCPUNK]

Yeah, we call them RINOs. I will spell it out for you. Republicans In Name Only. Take the first letter of each word and you get "RINO." But they are not indicative of all republicans, and especially not indicative of all conservatives, of which there are some in both parties. Or conservatives such as myself, who are not registered to any party.

Well apparently you seem to be acutely unaware of the abundance of RINOs in your party. All two faced cocksuckers who vote against the stimulus while showing up at the ribbon cutting to accept the check. Even Arnold out in Cali was ripping on the GOPs ass this weekend.

[ronws]

Well apparently you seem to be acutely unaware of the abundance of RINOs in your party. All two faced cocksuckers who vote against the stimulus while showing up at the ribbon cutting to accept the check. Even Arnold out in Cali was ripping on the GOPs ass this weekend.

I'm not registered as a republican, or as anything, for that matter. But I am conservative, believing in extremely limited government and free will.