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[killersheep]

Well since the pork barrel spending thing has come up how about we name names in the senate, we could do well to write a letter to them and tell them to stop.

2008 Pork Barrel (by McCain's definition) spending.

1. Thad Cochran (R-MS) $892.2 Million
U.S. Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi

2. Stevens (R-AK) $469.4 Million (No longer serving)

3. Richard Shelby (R-AL) $464.5 Million
.: United States Senator Richard Shelby :: Contact Senator Shelby :.

4. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) $458.5 Million
U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.) | Contact Me

5. Robert Byrd (D-WV) $386 Million
Robert C. Byrd

6. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) $385.5 Million
Send your comments to Senator Daniel K. Inouye

7. Patty Murray (D-WA) $327.8 Million
E-Mail Senator Murray - U.S. Senator Patty Murray - Washington State

8. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) $321.4 Million
Contact Grassley

9. Chris Bond (R-MO) $309.8 Million
.: United States Senator Kit Bond :: Contact :.

10. Tom Harkin (D-IA) $302.8 Million
Contact Senator Harkin's Office

The following Senators spent zero:

John McCain (R-AZ)
Tom Coburn (R-OK)
Jim DeMint (R-SC)
Russell Feingold (D-WI)
Claire McCaskill (D-MO)


Source: Citizens Against Government Waste: Homepage

Holy shit the guy ran for President and told us all the truth about HIS Pork Barrel spending....but I guess we couldn't "afford" another 4 years of the "same old party"...even thought McCain is a moderate republican and is really nothing like Bush.

Get over it.