Hypocrisy

Politico’s John Bresnahan has a great piece of reporting today about the hypocrisy of Republican leaders calling for the end of earmarks, not to mention the naked conflicts of interest created by the revolving door between Capitol Hill and K Street.
The highlights: It appears that (1) a particularly vocal Republican critic of earmarks (Texas Rep. [...]

We’ve heard plenty of grumbling from Republicans about how they couldn’t support the recently passed economic stimulus package because “it’s a spending bill, not a stimulus bill.” What you don’t hear frequently is a Republican claiming he opposed the measure because it was too small.
Enter Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.). During an interview with MSNBC this [...]

As if the McCain campaign didn’t have enough to worry about with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s two cringe-inducing interview segments with Katie Couric on the CBS Evening News — and yet more to come. Now The Washington Post drops this bombshell.
According to Alaska state records, during her tenure as governor, Palin accepted dozens of gifts [...]

On the campaign trail, Sen. John McCain frequently decries earmarks and pork-barrel legislation, proudly bragging that he has never requested a single earmark for his home state of Arizona. However, a news article and a scathing editorial from The Arizona Republic during his first-term as the state’s junior senator reveal that McCain did, in fact, [...]