Over the next day or so I'm going to go over the lie of the union by Bush (thank god his last) and doing some fact-checking. I got the first one right here. First his quote:
“The people’s trust in their Government is undermined by congressional earmarks — special interest projects that are often snuck in at the last minute, without discussion or debate.”
Now that may sound accurate and right but if you take a look here are some facts Bush left out:
http://www.examiner.com/a-1049621~Bush_stuffs_budget_with_earmarks.html?cid=rss-Washington_DC
Among earmarks that GEORGE BUSH put in the budget are money for projects for HIS WIFE and FATHER.
And if you take a look there were more earmarks when Republicans were in charge then when Democrats.
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/01/presidential_earmarks.html
The first defense appropriations bill Bush signed had 994 earmarks, then in 2002 1409 earmarks in 2004 there were 2208 in 2005 there were2506 earmarks.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/m012606.pdf is the full report.
But as usual Bush doesn't lay the blame where it should be.
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