Earmarks! We can't live without them!

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

Inouye (D-HI), Yea



Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, unveiled on Tuesday a $1.108 trillion omnibus spending package loaded with earmarks.

I am confused...

For the maybe the first time ever I applaud Sen Reid and his decision to scrap this bill despite the fact Obama said it will cost him his presidency.

No worries we'll get it sorted out once the new faces arrive in DC.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

For the maybe the first time ever I applaud Sen Reid and his decision to scrap this bill despite the fact Obama said it will cost him his presidency.

No worries we'll get it sorted out once the new faces arrive in DC.

I know facts rarely matter to you, but Obama never said that.

This is for you, Dell, because you are so reliable at repeating the talking points in question:

http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pi...d=&pnt=671&lb=

And yes, the things listed in the first paragraph are not true.

Equally significant, the poll found strong evidence that voters were substantially misinformed on many of the key issues of the campaign. Such misinformation was correlated with how people voted and their exposure to various news sources.

Fox News Viewers are the most misinformed

Those who watched Fox News almost daily were significantly more likely than those who never watched it to believe that most economists estimate the stimulus caused job losses (12 points more likely), most economists have estimated the health care law will worsen the deficit (31 points), the economy is getting worse (26 points), most scientists do not agree that climate change is occurring (30 points), the stimulus legislation did not include any tax cuts (14 points), their own income taxes have gone up (14 points), the auto bailout only occurred under Obama (13 points), when TARP came up for a vote most Republicans opposed it (12 points) and that it is not clear that Obama was born in the United States (31 points).

The effect was also not simply a function of partisan bias, as people who voted Democratic and watched Fox News were also more likely to have such misinformation than those who did not watch it--though by a lesser margin than those who voted Republican.