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Monday, March 10, 2008

INSTAPUNDIT WRONG ABOUT OBAMA'S RECORD ON EARMARKS

TODAY, GLENN "INSTAPUNDIT" REYNOLDS, PRAISED OBAMA FOR SUPPORTING JIM DEMINT'S ANTI-EARMARK REFORM BILL.

IN DOING SO, HE WROTE THIS:
Excellent move. I wonder if Hillary will follow suit? Given her earmark history, it seems unlikely.
  • THIS STATEMENT IMPLIES THAT OBAMA'S RECORD ON EARMARKS IS BETTER THAN HILLARY'S - AS IF SHE WAS A PIG, AND HE WASN'T.
  • IN THIS GLENN REYNOLDS IS ABSOLUTELY WRONG.
  • AND HE COULD EASILY HAVE DONE 30 SECONDS OF GOOGLING TO FIND THE TRUTH, THAT OBAMA IS AN EARMARK PIG, TOO.
FACTS - VIA GOOGLE AND NBC:
From NBC's Carly Zakin

We've counted up the earmark requests on Obama's Web site, and they add up to 113 requests totaling $494,266,475.

***Update*** Well, math has never actually been our strong suit -- especially when adding with a computer calculator. And after hearing back from Obama's Senate office (and crunching our numbers again) we were a bit off. Obama's total earmark requests (when teamed up with other senators) is $399,766,475. The price tag for his solo earmark requests is $321,766,475.
  • THAT'S $322 MILLION. OBAMA IS A PIG JUST LIKE HILLARY (WITH $520 MILLION).
  • WILL GLENN REYNOLDS/INSTAPUNDIT CORRECT HIS POST?
  • DOUBTFUL. WHAT HE EXPECTS OF THE MSM, HE FAILS TO DO HIMSELF.
(BTW: GLENN WAS EMAILED THE FACTS ABOUT OBAMA EARLIER AND IGNORED THEM.)

ADDENDUM: EARMARK TOTAL FOR MCCAIN: ZERO.

  • LOOKIT: I'M GLAD OBAMA IS SUPPORTING DEMINT IN THIS, BUT IF HE IS, THEN HE'S CHANGING HIS STRIPES, AND PEOPLE OUGHT TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
  • AND IT PROVES THAT HILLARY CAN CHANGE HER STRIPES, TOO. IT'S UNFAIR FOR GLENN TO ADMONISH HILLARY AND LET OBAMA OFF THE HOOK.
MORE HERE.

*******UPDATE: GLENN HAS UPDATED HIS POST - AND IT PROVES MY POINT:
ANOTHER UPDATE: Another email. I'm sure this is all because of the power of InstaPundit! "Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-New York) has agreed to cosponsor the DeMint-McCain earmark moratorium amendment." Good for her.
JUST LIKE I SAID: IF OBAMA AND HIS $332 MILLION COULD NOW SUPPORT DEMINT, THEN SO COULD HILLARY AND HER $520 MILLION. REPEAT: I WAS RIGHT, AND GLENN WAS WRONG.

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