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Bennett lashes out at McCain for Mormon crickets (video)
ThinkProgress.org, 3/11/09
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Sen. Bennett Lashes Out At Sen. McCain: ‘We Ought To’ Infest Arizona With ‘Mormon Crickets’
Sen. Bennett Lashes Out At Sen. McCain: ‘We Ought To’ Infest Arizona With ‘Mormon Crickets’
thinkprogress.org — Recently, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has tweeted a series of top 10 lists of “porkiest projects ”... in the omnibus spending bill, criticizing “beaver management” and even funding for school construction. Last month, one of his ... (more) Sen. Bennett Lashes Out At Sen. McCain: ‘We Ought To’ ...
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twitter.com — Loader Twitter.com #6. $1 million for mormon cricket control in Utah - is that the species of... cricket or a game played by the brits? 8:30 AM Feb 27th from web Jsm_bigger SenJohnMcCain John McCain Footer 2009 Twitter About Us Contact Blog Status Apps ... (more) Twitter / John McCain: #6. $1 million for mormon ...
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Sen. Bennett Lashes Out At Sen. McCain: ‘We Ought To’ Infest Arizona With ‘Mormon Crickets’
Think Progress — Recently, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has tweeted a series of top 10 lists of “porkiest projects” in the omnibus spending bill, criticizing “beaver management” and even funding for school construction. Last month, one of his tweets was an earmark in the omnibus spending bill for “mormon crickets” @SenJohnMcCain: #6 $1 million for mormon cricket control in Utah - is that the species of cricket or a game played by the brits? The line has since been embraced by the right wing as an example of wasteful spending. Today, the earmark’s sponsor, Sen. Bob Bennett (R-UT) ...

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The BRAD BLOG — IN TODAY'S REPORT: Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen...on ice; Obama's EPA reverses the Bush EPA again... and AGAIN; American wilderness loses by two votes in the House; PLUS: Mr. Jones goes to Washington! All that and more in today's Green News Report! Love notes and complaints, all welcome in comments here. Or drop us a line at GreenNews@BradBlog.com! All GNRs are always archived at GreenNews.BradBlog.com. Download MP3 (6 mins), or listen online here... [See post to listen to audio] Info/links on stuff we talked about on today's episode, plus ...

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