When John McCain pledged cutting Pork to the tune of 16 Billion during GE, GOP applauded him!

[FrenchieCat]

But now, the same GOP members are mocking Barack Obama for proposing to cut a larger figure in wasteful government programs? :wtf:


Republicans Deride Obama's $17B Proposed Cut in Federal Spending
WASHINGTON -- The ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee said Thursday he's not impressed by President Obama's proposal to cut $17 billion out of the federal budget.

Appearing on FOX News, Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., said it's important to place the $17 billion figure in the context of the president's $3.4 trillion budget.

"It's as if you took a teaspoon of water out of the bathtub while you left the spicket on at full speed," he said.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/06/white-house-official-obama-cut-programs-save-b-budget/

JOHN MCCAIN'S GOP CONVENTION ACCEPTANCE SPEECH TEXT

I've fought the big spenders in both parties, who waste your money on
things you neither need nor want, and the first big-spending
pork-barrel earmark bill that comes across my desk, I will veto it. I
will make them famous, and you will know their names. You will know
their names.

We're not going to allow that while you struggle to buy groceries,
fill your gas tank, and make your mortgage payment.
http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/conventions/videos/transcripts/20080904_MCCAIN_SPEECH.html

For fiscal 2008, the budget watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense said there was $18.3 billion earmarked in spending bills. Citizens Against Government Waste came in at $17.2 billion. The Office of Management and Budget tallied earmarks at a mere $16.9 billion.
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/the_budget_according_to_mccain_part_i.html

September 30, 2008
The larger problem with this anti-earmarks strategy is that they don't amount to much. Earmarks represent just $16 billion of the 2008 budget. Yes, that's a lot of money, but it's not everything. McCain makes it seem like earmarks are central to the federal government. In Fairfax, he blamed earmarks for high food and gasoline prices and the trouble that many homeowners face in making mortgage payments.

McCain also vowed, as he always does, to make the authors of earmark legislation famous by embarrassing them as a way to cut down on the practice. I wonder.
http://www.slate.com/id/2199757/

[babylonsister]

1. The hypocrisy is simply amazing, isn't it.

And do they even get it, or care? Where are the Dems to point this fun fact out?

[FrenchieCat]

3. That's what I was looking for?

Guess I ought to email them this fact. Perhaps they are too busy stumbling all over each other trying to save programs that need no saving.

[liberal N proud]

2. It is all about obstruction and opposition in a lame attempt to

reshape their stupid values.

[AtomicKitten]

4. The wingnuts are flailing about in their irrelevancy, grasping at straws. n/t

[ShortnFiery]

8. Tis true, but the Economic Advisor sent out to the networks was very sharp and well spoken.

Albeit he was double-teamed on FOX he gave them "the facts" right back in their face. It was a beautiful sight to behold, one mere Obama economic advisor mentally kicking-ass of this Barbie - Ken news model tag team. :thumbsup:

[AtomicKitten]

9. If you're talking about Austan Goolsbee, I saw it.

I often "news-cruise" and caught that bit, and he did it with a smile on his face practically rendering the FauxTwits mute in their ignorance. Good times!

:hi:

[ShortnFiery]

12. Yes, thanks for providing the man's name. He serves us proud.

However, I bet when he unwinds tonight he'll admit that some of those FOX news twits are as dumb as a box of rocks.

Have a good one AK. :-) :hi:

[Thrill]

5. Coburn on the cuts "a serious first step toward changing the culture in Washington."

Dr. Coburn Applauds President Obama for Proposing Specific Spending Cuts

Tom Coburn, the hard-line fiscal conservative Obama met with Wednesday, released a statement calling the president's $17 billion in budget cuts "a serious first step toward changing the culture in Washington."

“These proposals must be followed by real action and enforcement by Congress and the White House. Many presidents have proposed specific spending cuts, but nearly all have failed to carry through on their pledges. In these tough economic times, the perfect political moment for change and a new era of restraint is now," Coburn said. "Leader Reid and Speaker Pelosi should begin debating these specific spending cuts now, regardless of how imperfect or incomplete the president’s list may be."


http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=LatestNews.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=1c88f6a9-802a-23ad-4ee0-5187e03b9350

Someone is not on the same page.

[FrenchieCat]

6. He must have turned off his fax machine, and doesn't Twit!

[jillan]

7. This belongs on the greatest - let me be the first rec.

[Abq_Sarah]

10. The 17 billion

Is a great start. It's the 3.4 trillion that I have a problem with.

No one seems to want to talk about that. The money has to come from somewhere. With even more spending promised, how in the hell is it going to be repaid?

[midnight armadillo]

19. Cut the military

we don't need to spend nearly $1 trillion annually for security. It's just craziness.

[Sick_of_Rethuggery]

11. Great minds and all that!

This is exactly what I said over at TPM (http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/05/obama-to-seek-17-billion-in-budget-cuts.php#comment-3460385):

These are the same idiots who ran around trumpeting McLame's war on earmarks (which amounted to a grand total of, wait for it, $18 billion!) and bemoaned a million here and a million there on volcano monitoring and fruit fly research in the budget and the stimulus earlier this year. And now, $17 billion is chump change.

Idiots.

[FrenchieCat]

15. Aye! Same wavelength! :)

[Sick_of_Rethuggery]

16. Meant to add that you did a much more thorough job!

With refs and all :-)

[Cha]

13. The gop always set themselves

up to get busted. They must think the corporatemedia will cover up their hypocricy or something.

[firedupdem]

14. Rec'd! They are such hypocrites! n/t

[NatBurner]

17. don't worry- the liberal drive-by media will point this out soon enough

since they're all in the tank for obama and all-

any minute now...























yeah

[HopeOverFear]

18. lol