My piece was about Obama’s words and what I wrote is true.

Because! Big Dog! Says! So! And the facts — including the fact that millions of dollars worth of earmarks have been inserted into budget bills at the behest of George W. Bush — are cheerfully ignored.

Again.

You are the one who likes to point to exact meanings of words and say that others misquoted someone.

My piece was about Obama’s words and what I wrote is true.

As for credibility, it is only tattered as far as you are concerned and you opinion of me means nothing to me. Your whole basis for existence is to call names and start arguments.

Thanksgiving at Meaty’s:
Mother: Pass the Ham please.
Meaty: You said we weren’t having ham you lying lizard bitch.
Mother Well dear, I decided that I wanted ham
Meaty: Admit you lied lizard bitch. Admit it. Why won’t you answer it?
Mother: I answered by telling you I wanted ham.
Meaty: Look lizard bitch, you need to answer the question. you are a coward. Answer why you said we would not have ham and now there is ham. You have no credibility.

Have fun meaty.

I read this Meaty.

I doubt that. Your ignorance is near-legendary.

I said the President does not put in the earmarks. I never said he did not request them.

And now you are trying to rescue your tattered credibility. How cute. Futile, but cute.

You tried to lay on Congress alone a practice that Bush has also employed. That’s rank dishonesty, little doggie, and you shouldn’t be surprised that you get called on it.

Democratic House and Senate appropriators point to page after page of specific projects requested by the president in the 2008 spending bills.

Those projects are requested by the President but I don’t think (and I admit I don’t know) he cannot insert them. I think that has to be done by a member of Congress. They draft the bills and the President signs or vetoes them.

I will give you that presidential requests are just as bad as any other and they all (if passed) amount to wasteful spending.

Or as the article says:
Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., said he believes Bush “deserves every bit of criticism” for earmarks like the first lady’s librarian program, but said most presidential earmarks have been kicking around for years and do not serve Bush’s personal interests.

In any event, Flake said, Congress can strip out any earmarks it doesn’t like. “The blame comes right back to Congress,” he said.

However, Obama is the one who discussed the wasteful practice but had nearly 400 million in his own.

I won’t deny that it all amounts to waste and all presidents and most members of Congress are guilty of wasting money.