MORE EARMARKS

The Senate has voted to pass the $1.1 trillion bollar operating budget for the first six months of the next fiscal year. President Obama will certainly sign this bill into law, thereby breaking a campaign promise yet again. While running against Sen. John McCain for the Presidency Obama said there would be no more pork in any bill he signed. The $787 billion economic stimulus bill he signed in February contained 9,oooo earmarks. This $1.1 trillion bill has over 5,000 earmarks in it. The really sad fact of all this is Republicans have almost as many earmarks in this bill as the liberal Democrats. Is there any confusion as to why an imaginary Tea Party Candidate polled higher than an imaginary Republican. The Tea Party movement has momentum and, more importantly, a true passion for change in Washington. Republican candidates MUST understand that in future campaigns they will have to pass a Tea Party litmus test to be elected. To underestimate the passion and the staying power of the Tea Partiers would be a mistake many politicians will not be able to recover from.