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Originally Posted by Thor
That money is a drop in the bucket like Locke mentioned, holding up the bill and debating further delays important funds to get people working, re-hiring laid off staff and getting things going.
Obama said that its not perfect, but right now urgency is more important than going back and debating those earmarks for another few weeks/months.
Endless debate is Washington is business as usual too.
There might be a number of worthy earmarks in that bill, there might be lots of silly ones, but the cost of delaying this longer is the concern. If Congress could be trusted to debate/resolve the earmarks they like/don't like in quick fashion maybe we could, but sadly they have plenty of hot air to share with the world.
By the way Mccain once mocked a earmark for 3 million to pay for a projector, too bad they didn't inform him it was for a NYC planetarium.. Who needs to inspire and teach our kids  Then there was Palin mocking earmarks for fruit fly research in France, which ironically could help lead to discoveries that would help children like her youngest.
But really I haven't seen all these earmarks, so I'm basing this belief that its such a drop in the bucket really why hold up a important bill over it. |
This has nothing to do with McCain or Palin or Bush. Nothing. I voted for Obama, happily.
What this is about is Obama's failure to keep campaign promises already. What this is about is the Reid/Pelosi agenda taking priority over Obama's vision of change.
Obama could've vetoed the bill and forced another few days of debate just to make a point. Instead, he caved to Congressional leadership. The Republican Senators who voted for the bill should be ashamed of themselves as well.
Obama needs to stand up and take charge.