McCain blisters Obama on earmarks

Oh, McCain, complain. If it was earmarks for Iraq, he wouldn't say a word. Go back to sleep Please! Bitter, angry, resentful, and not coming up with answers. Where are his solutions? Tax breaks for the rich. Yep, got that one on the books as a loser!

The negativity from Senator McCain has run it's course. He seems too bitter to be do his job efficiently. Maybe it's time to retire and enjoy the rest of your life.

Change we can believe in? I wish it were funny, but it is not. As Reverend Wright said, anything to get elected.

Is anyone surprised that it remains "business as usual" in Washington by the nation's hired help regardless of political party? So much for campaign rhetoric as it is trampled by the slopping of the hogs.

Is John McCain really so bitter about losing an election in which he sold his proverbial soul to the neo-conservative Republican Party -- which he once stood apart from -- that he has to stand up and openly criticize every legislative or executive decision made by the Obama administration? Just once I would like to see the man who said he consistently 'reached across the aisle' reach for something other than the coattails of GOP funding. Sure he might not agree with what is happening, we know he doesn't because he's told what he stands for, tax cuts and trickle down economics, the same theories which has fueled the expansion of the growth of the gap between rich and poor since Reagan. It's time for this old man to admit he's lost and focus more on fixing the flaws in this country than tossing snide and unsupported "I-told-you-so's" all over Washington.

Barrack Obama is a pathological liar and the 'Obamatrons' are pathological believers of his lies. So, what the hell else is new?

McCain apparently forgot that 40% of the earmarks are to his Republican colleagues.

Beat McCain, Beat McCain, those that beat McCain need an escape goat, and those that need an escape goat voted for Obama, the biggest escape goat user of them all. Anyone notice how it is always someone else's fault

McCain ought to sell a couple of his houses and give the money to feed the poor!

Since President Obama doesn’t have line item veto power, does Sen. McCain think the whole bill should be vetoed? Has he already forgotten about the “bridge to nowhere” and similar earmarks approved by both Congressional Republicans and President Bush?

Obama's spending bill once again exposes him to be not the new type of politian as he claims but as the man who will say anything to be elected. Obama just speaks in smooth sounding sound clips and hopes most americans wont pull themselves away from american idol long enough to see the blatant hypocracy.

Wow, why is every body jumping on McCain? Is it because he ran against Obama? Take a look at the linked story covering the pet-project spending. This is one instance when we Democrats should add our voices to the chorus to say we've had enough of these special projects being added to legitimate bills.
Where is the "change" we were promised?

Obama rhetoric comments are beginning to gag me. That many earmarks in a $410 billion spending bill is crazy. IS THIS THE CHANGE, THAT OBAMA WAS TALKING ABOUT? Expanded bombing in the hills of Pakinstan, 27000 troops Afgainstan, $900 million dollar pledge by Hillary for Gaza, $10 billion per month for the war to continue, $10 billion for each banks again, and $60 billion for AIG. This was not Obama's campagin promise, or he would not have gotten elected. Now, he wants billions for healthcare, while in the middle of a recession, Obama billions includes illegal aliens. Hope he does not get re-elected .

If the man said he would do away with earmarks, shouldn't we expect as much from him? I voted for Obama but I'm not a stubborn 'liberal' or 'conservative' who can't see past their own ego enough to look the truth in the face. If we vote for a promise, he should follow through with it. End of story. Why perpetuate the problems plaguing our economy with the same kind of wreckless spending behavior that got us into it in the first place? Borrowing money that we'll never be able to pay back, to buy something ( i.e. pointless ear marks, pet projects, and highly misappropriated funds that only skim the surface of doing any good) that we don't really need, is all our gov't seems to be doing with this 'stimulus' package.

Oh so NOW CONservative Republicans are concerned about debt. After 8+ years they finally act like they care about deficit spending. What's the CONservative quote? Oh yeah, "I think Reagan proved that deficits don't matter."

And further more, according to the Republican history blame game, President Bush was never responsible for the economy. But NOW Obama is. Talk about hypocrites.

CONS- a no solution party.

The truth is the CONS are pissed because THEY are not the ones giving money to THEIR business friends - no kick backs.

Don't be conned by the CONservative BS.

More whining from the bitter dead enders of the GOP. Suck it up, you lost!

Hey David,

The Republicans didn't campaign promising no earmarks, your boy did, and on many occasions. I might be wrong but I think he has broken every single campaign promise he made, and in record time. No more deficit, no earmarks, no lobbyists, etc, etc, etc.

But the lemmings still love him.

mccain is doing what mccain is respected for. He has always fought against wasteful government spending. Just because he lost the election doesn't mean he should quit doing that. The american people should be grateful that someone is willing to stick their neck out and fight for them. He may come across as angry because like he says " yea im angry, this wasteful spending is crap, come on obama stick to your word," well he didn't exactly say that but kinda.

What a shame that it continues to be business as usual.. A politician can and will say ANYTHING to get elected. However--what a tired excuse that people put forth about earmarks and uncontrolled spending: "Well, the Republicans did it and they get some of it". That seems to be what American politics have become.

LET US STOP THE EARMARKS AND UNCONTROLLED SPENDING,. REGARDLESS OF WHAT PARTY IS IN POWER. .

SPEDNING SHOULD BE TRANSPARENT AND

Hey, McCain, offer something better. You and your party won't make any headway by just stonewalling everything - or do you and your party WANT President Obama to fail so you can jump in there and grab control? Take away 3/4 of your retirement and 6 of your 7 houses ( or was that 8 houses you own? ) and I'll bet you'll be singing a different song, fool.

Actually, McCain has been pretty outspoken about wasteful military spending. He sought to reform the procurement procedures and has publicly supported Obama in this area.

McCain- what an angry, angry old man with no mind of his own. Limbaugh- didn't he go to jail? Newty Gingrich? Has he been elected to anything within the past ten years?? The Republicans continue to embarass themselves each & every day. Pathetic evildoers, they are.

Whether or not you like Republicans, the fact is that *right now* Obama is blatantly breaking promises. It doesn't matter if someone be labeled a hypocrite--you all already grilled Bush on that. So much so, in fact, that it's old news.

The new—and sad—news is that Obama is just a Democractic version of Bush:
1) A warmonger
2) Feeding other interests
3) Taking orders from subordinates (Cheney/Pelosi)

Start looking at things for what they are. Obama is just another conman.

He even addressed congress as if it were some political rally.

Really, we need public servants in office, not political activists in office. He should be off organizing not trying to run the country.

Phooey.

Lets look at earmarks for what they really; be they Democratic or Republican. This is how incumbent members of the House and the Senate buy the votes of their constituents, pure and simple. It is a bribe to vote for the congressman or woman. If you don't bring home the bacon in most states you don't get reelected. It is a shame but that is the way it is. Until we the people make such a scream as to scare the sh** out of incumbents to stop earmarks in our own States and districts it antagoona happen.

McCain is simply correct that Obama has, thus far, abjectly failed to change anything, except to increase Federal spending and debt. He has not taxed the wealthy, and will not. The historical record shows that changing the top marginal tax rate - which is all Obama talks about raising vis-à-vis "the rich" - does NOT get more money out of the super-rich, that 2% of the population who own most of the nation. Democrats are just as in bed with them... Remember that John Kerry's tax returns showed he made MORE money than W and paid LESS tax on it.

We ALL need to be angry at every politician who wastes our money, who lies to us, who fails to deliver what they promise - regardless of party. Republican AND Democrat cheer leaders are just fools, playing in the side show meant to keep us all distracted from the fact that BOTH parties have been ripping us off for a century... and keep on ripping us more every year.

Whether McCain is bitter, or old, or tired or anything is irrelevant when he is correct about the fact that Obama is not even trying to change business as usual in Washington, not even trying to clean up poetical corruption, as long as his hogs get to the trough, first. What /Bush did does NOT excuse Obama from anything. Have we all forgotten that two wrongs do NOT make a right?

STAY ANGRY, AMERICA - WE'RE STILL GETTING RIPPED OFF!

The emperor has no clothes.

John McCain should take a few months to reflect on his comment "The economy is basically sound" before jumping too far into this one. John is a really great guy, but this situation is now so far beyond bad that the only thing Republicans should be saying is "What can we do to help you with this mess Mr. President?". I liked it better when John was truest to himself.... That is, before he ran for president last year..... John we could really use you now... Make your Republican friends set their agenda aside for at least the time it takes to save this country.... Or we are all doomed.

All earmarks are not necessarily bad projects. But should the Fed government being using taxes for projects that are often extremely local in nature? Wouldn't eliminating all earmarks that didn't serve a federal purpose result in less Federal spending and ultimately less Federal taxes for all? Then local and State governments could address their tax structure to ensure funding for their own local projects. The further your tax dollars stray from your local community, the more likely it a good chunk of it will go to waste and fraud. And maybe that street outside of your neighborhood would get resurfaced instead of the money being sent Nebraska to construct a Cornhusker Hall of Fame.

Hey, look at "earmarks." They are requests for funds for projects -- they include salaries, research grants, road funds. McCain thinks they are wasteful, but has he EVER cited a list of "worthy" projects? He is anti-science, anti-agriculture, anti-research... I would challenge Sen. McCain to "twitter" a list of the 10 most useful projects undertaken with federal funding in the last 8 years.

I think you all need to take a look at Ron Paul. He saw all of this coming from over a year ago and he has some solutions. Too bad most of the American people aren't listening. We are getting just what we deserve.

McCain--just go away, please! The U.S. is in crisis on every front--our heritage from the Republicans of the last 8 years--and you are concerned about earmarks which are minuscule in terms of our total financial catastrophe.

I'm sad to see that it is politics as always as people attack McCain for being a sore looser. The point here is that McCain is pointing out that Obama promised change and that it would not be business as usual in Washington. Obama proved to us that he is no different from the rest.

McCain has never been my favorite politician but he has always stood up to politicians, even those in his own party. It is a shame to see people attack him. Not for what he has done as a public servant but for simply being a Republican.

Yes Obama will change the way Washington does business. Don't make me wet my pants laughing. His cabinet are all tax cheats, and his first order of business is loaded with earmarks. What a LIAR.

To the person that said "McCain ought to sell a couple of his houses and give the money to feed the poor!", did you know Mr Obama collected over $500 million during his campaign, BUT HE DID NOT SPREAD THE WEALTH with the poor? So tell me Sir, why should Senator McCain sell anything to fee the poor? Oh!, by the way, since you obviously don't know, the McCain's run a clinic for African children, guess where? That's right.