McCain criticized Wasilla earmarks…while Palin was mayor.

[kpete]

September 10th, 2008
McCain criticized Wasilla earmarks in 2001
Posted: 09:49 PM ET

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate John McCain criticized two of his future running mate’s hometown projects in broadsides in 2001 against congressional “pork-barrel” spending, records from the Arizona senator’s office show.

McCain and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin have put attacks on what they call excessive spending at the heart of this year’s Republican presidential campaign. But when Palin served as mayor of her hometown of Wasilla, outside Anchorage, she obtained about $27 million in federal “earmarks” during her last four years in office, according to the watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense.

And McCain, who has made pork-busting a centerpiece of his maverick pitch for years, singled out for criticism about $2 million worth of those projects in a 2001 statement opposing a transportation spending bill. McCain’s list of “objectionable” spending included a $2.5 million road project for the town that then had a population of 5,500, as well as a $450,000 appropriation for an agricultural processing plant there.

McCain’s campaign responded Wednesday by saying the record on pork-barrel spending “is one we are eager to discuss.”

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2008/09/lipstick-gate.html

[1corona4u]

1. K&R

[Quixote1818]

2. So McCain was against Palin before he was for her? This is Awesome! nt

[jillan]

4. I would LOVE to hear Obama or even Biden use that line and

then cite the examples.

[Supersedeas]

3. another example of a sexist Senator being overcritical of a female politician

[Mabus]

5. Only now is McCain starting to remember why her name was so familiar.

:rofl:

[Barack_America]

6. Bwahahaha! Sweet, sweet irony!

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