Rand Paul: "I will not submit earmarks and will vote against all earmarks."

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Rand Paul: "I will not submit earmarks and will vote against all earmarks."

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tpfkaw
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Rand Paul: "I will not submit earmarks and will vote against all earmarks."

« on: November 09, 2010, 09:35:45 PM »

http://www.pr-inside.com/rand-paul-urges-senate-gop-to-r2238268.htm

I think that just about settles it for now.

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feeblepizza
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Re: Rand Paul: "I will not submit earmarks and will vote against all earmarks."

« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2010, 09:38:55 PM »

The Pauls are freedom fighters. 'Nuff said.

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WillK
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Re: Rand Paul: "I will not submit earmarks and will vote against all earmarks."

« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2010, 02:22:14 AM »

Quote from: wormyguy on November 09, 2010, 09:35:45 PM

http://www.pr-inside.com/rand-paul-urges-senate-gop-to-r2238268.htm

I think that just about settles it for now.

I think so. This headline sums it up nicely:
Rand Paul was against earmarks, then he was for them, and now he is against them

http://www.examiner.com/political-buzz-in-national/rand-paul-was-against-earmarks-then-he-was-for-them-and-now-he-is-against-them'

So John Kerry like.

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Landslide Lyndon
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Re: Rand Paul: "I will not submit earmarks and will vote against all earmarks."

« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2010, 02:27:12 AM »

I guess angry teabaggers threatened to storm the Bastille (=his office).

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Queen Mum Inks.LWC
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Re: Rand Paul: "I will not submit earmarks and will vote against all earmarks."

« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2010, 03:31:01 AM »

Lol ... that was a quick turnaround from what he said earlier.

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Re: Rand Paul: "I will not submit earmarks and will vote against all earmarks."

« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2010, 03:35:08 AM »

Funny how big a deal certain characters are making about earmarks, considering that they really are an incredibly insignificant issue.

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Marokai Backbeat
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Re: Rand Paul: "I will not submit earmarks and will vote against all earmarks."

« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2010, 04:48:53 AM »

Quote from: Senator Libertas on November 10, 2010, 03:35:08 AM

Funny how big a deal certain characters are making about earmarks, considering that they really are an incredibly insignificant issue.

Earmarks are a symbolic issue. Americans love symbolism. (Much more so than actual solutions to stuff.)

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Re: Rand Paul: "I will not submit earmarks and will vote against all earmarks."

« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2010, 04:52:23 AM »

Quote from: Citizen Blue on November 10, 2010, 04:48:53 AM

Quote from: Senator Libertas on November 10, 2010, 03:35:08 AM

Funny how big a deal certain characters are making about earmarks, considering that they really are an incredibly insignificant issue.

Earmarks are a symbolic issue. Americans love symbolism. (Much more so than actual solutions to stuff.)

Correct! You understand the beast very well Marokai. In other words, they're stupid and really not capable of abstract thought, generalization, or application of theory and analysis.

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Re: Rand Paul: "I will not submit earmarks and will vote against all earmarks."

« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2010, 07:46:54 AM »

Flopper.

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Re: Rand Paul: "I will not submit earmarks and will vote against all earmarks."

« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2010, 08:04:09 AM »

Who's surprised? Anyone.....anyone?

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Re: Rand Paul: "I will not submit earmarks and will vote against all earmarks."

« Reply #10 on: November 10, 2010, 10:27:12 AM »

Quote from: Citizen Blue on November 10, 2010, 04:48:53 AM

Quote from: Senator Libertas on November 10, 2010, 03:35:08 AM

Funny how big a deal certain characters are making about earmarks, considering that they really are an incredibly insignificant issue.

Earmarks are a symbolic issue. Americans love symbolism. (Much more so than actual solutions to stuff.)

Well, sort of, if by "Symbolic" you mean "Representative of Capitol Hill Corruption".

Conservatives hate them not because they're a big part of the budget (they're not), but because they're used basically to buy votes for incumbent congressmen. It's far more of an ethics issue than a spending one.

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Re: Rand Paul: "I will not submit earmarks and will vote against all earmarks."

« Reply #11 on: November 10, 2010, 12:41:09 PM »

The real losers in this are the people of Kentucky..

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Landslide Lyndon
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Re: Rand Paul: "I will not submit earmarks and will vote against all earmarks."

« Reply #12 on: November 10, 2010, 01:57:02 PM »

Quote from: Madison on November 10, 2010, 12:41:09 PM

The real losers in this are the people of Kentucky..

If they weren't losers they wouldn't have been still in Kentucky.

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Re: Rand Paul: "I will not submit earmarks and will vote against all earmarks."

« Reply #13 on: November 10, 2010, 03:30:13 PM »

Earmarks are the best thing in Washington. It's the only part of the budget that's spent effectively. Each Congressman puts such stake into each earmark that not a penny is wasted in each ear program is enacted. And since all of them see vanity projects the representatives' names are on all the projects so people actually see their government at work. Ideally all government spending would be done this way.

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