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CNN: Pelosi to Wolf Blitzer: I promise no pork in the stimulus (video)
CNN-Wolf Blitzer to Nancy Pelosi Promise Us There WIll BE No Pork. Promise, she says. Check out the web site. It only took her a WEEK TO BREAK HER PROMSE. Hm...
Has Obama gone to war with Nancy Pelosi?
Has Obama gone to war with Nancy Pelosi?
hotair.com — Did Barack Obama encourage Blue Dog Democrats to abandon the stimulus bill in the House? That’s the... claim of Tennessee Democrat Jim Cooper, who told Liberadio Sunday that Obama encouraged him to vote against the bill. [...] Read the rest ... (more) Has Obama gone to war with Nancy Pelosi?
Pelosi on Obama: 'We have his back'
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A Promise to Keep Obama's Medical Marijuana Promise
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Flashback: Pelosi on the possibility of pork in the stimulus bill
Sister Toldjah — Watch as she raises her hand and pledges that there will be no pork in the House stimulus bill. That was then: Transcript: BLITZER: In this nearly trillion dollar legislation that you’re talking about right now, can you assure the American people that there will be no pork barrel spending, none of these earmarks, these bridges to nowhere, these phony deals that are going on, that legislators won’t be able to bury stuff for their districts, the stuff that has been so highly publicized? PELOSI: I can pledge to you that ...

Flashback: Pelosi on the possibility of pork in the stimulus bill
Sister Toldjah — Watch as she raises her hand and pledges that there will be no pork in the House stimulus bill. That was then: Transcript: BLITZER: In this nearly trillion dollar legislation that you’re talking about right now, can you assure the American people that there will be no pork barrel spending, none of these earmarks, these bridges to nowhere, these phony deals that are going on, that legislators won’t be able to bury stuff for their districts, the stuff that has been so highly publicized? PELOSI: I can pledge to you that ...

Flashback: Pelosi Promises No Pork in Porkulus Bill
The Jawa Report — February 04, 2009 Flashback: Pelosi Promises No Pork in Porkulus Bill BWAHAHAHA! The most ethical, most open Congress in history. Rest easy, dear citizens. The swamp is now drained! A blatant, bald-faced, naked lie - told with hand held up as if swearing to do right. The amount of campaign ad material generated by these morons in the past two months has been astronomical. I wonder if there's money to be made in holding Democrats accountable for their words and actions - the economy sure could use such an industry. By Good Lt. at February 4, 2009 10:29 AM | | l digg this ...

Dwayne Horner: How does Nancy Pelosi define Pork?
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — $2 billion earmark to re-start FutureGen, a near-zero emissions coal power plant in Illinois that the Department of Energy defunded last year because it said the project was inefficient. • A $246 million tax break for Hollywood movie producers to buy motion picture film. • $650 million for the digital television converter box coupon program. • $88 million for the Coast Guard to design a new polar icebreaker (arctic ship). • $448 million for constructing the Department of Homeland Security headquarters. • $248 million for furniture at the new Homeland Security headquarters. • $600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees. • $400 million for the Centers for Disease Control ...

“Flashback” to, errrrrr, three weeks ago — Pelosi “pledges” no earmarks in scamulus package
Stop The ACLU — Nice touch, raising the right hand, “I pledge to you,” such sincerity. “There will be no earmarks in the economic recovery package that passes the House.” Lying when she said it and didn’t give a freakin’ rip…because we are ALL stupid, right? How does the Left explain this away? Maybe she was just worn out from all the pressure. Maybe she needs a retreat ...

Nancy Pelosi: I Promise That There’s No Pork In The Stimulus
Say Anything — Nancy Pelosi, from back in January: I guess dog parks and solar water heaters for rural citizens isn’t “pork.” (via Paul Ibrahim) ...

7 most self-delusional words from Nancy Pelosi
Michelle Malkin — 7 most self-delusional words from Nancy Pelosi By Michelle Malkin•February 12, 2009 12:35 PM Hill folks have just disseminated Nancy Pelosi’s “fact sheet” on the porkulus conference report. I’ve uploaded the whole thing here . The seven most self-delusional words in the document? Page 6:“There are no earmarks or pet projects.” Posted in: Nancy Pelosi , fiscal stimulus Send to a Friend Printer Friendly comments (22) [image] trackbacks (0) See what others have said Note from Michelle: This section is for comments from michellemalkin.com's community of registered readers. Please don't assume that I agree with or endorse any ...

Brace Yourself for a Bellylaugh
Moonbattery — After a lie this preposterous, how could anyone take anything our liberal rulers say seriously? The "economy recovery package" — aka Porkzilla — flushed away close to $1 trillion, enough to put us in debt for a generation. It included 8,600 frivolous earmarks. On a tip from Smokey. ...

Beware Stimulus II The Redux
Moonbat Patrol — God I love Video! Never let it be said the Democratic party is shy when it comes to spending other peoples money, but as of late their addiction has gone into overdrive. With the ink still wet on Stimulus I, which has spent as of  9/09 $84,587,463 or 14.5% of the total allotted $787 billion the Spendocrats are ponying up ...

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