with nothing to say, they say nothing.  Not all earmarks are pork, some are bread and butter, some are shovel ready projects that will have to be done, and cheaper is always sooner than later. We can't fund everything that's useful, and some representatives are more powerful than others in delivering home projects.  

The pugs are just blathering, it isn't sinking in with joe six-pack, who gets the real picture this time around. Anyone for unemployment benefits who backs pug 'reasoning?' Anyone who wants affordable health care who backs pug 'reasoning?"  

Those fools let it go too far, if they every get back in, I'll be very very surprised.  Voting for pugs if voting for a weak American and future poverty as the 'level' playing field for the vastly most.  

Unlike you I see the GOP digging their grave deeper and deeper with more obvious hypocrisy not bought by the American people.  

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/some -gop-critics-of-omnibus-love-their-earma rks-2009-03-07.html

Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) and other Republicans are drawing criticism for sponsoring hundreds of millions of earmarks in the $410 billion omnibus that they themselves have blasted as fiscally irresponsible.

Vitter is the most obvious target because he holds himself a fiscal conservative, a position that often serves him well. In the midst of a heated debate over earmarks, however, Vitter finds himself ducking charges of hypocrisy.

The criticisms undercut the GOP's weekend effort to frame omnibus as a Democratic Christmas tree.

Hypocrisy catching up to the Republicans again? Who would have thunk it?

Vitter, however, defends his actions even while he criticizes the torrid spending pace Congress has set in the last six months.

"I have strongly supported fundamental spending reform, including complete openness and transparency and significantly lower budget number," Vitter told The Hill in a statement. "As I do that, though, I am proud to stand by my specific funding requests for critical transportation, law enforcement and hurricane recovery needs."

So, pork is only pork when it is not for "critical transportation, law enforcement and hurricane recovery needs"?  Got it. According to Vitter pork does not exist if one can point to how critical of a need there is for it in one's state or district.

Two other Republicans topped the list of biggest earmarkers: Sen. Thad Cochran (Miss.), senior Republican on the Appropriations Committee; and Sen. Roger Wicker (Miss). Of the ten lawmakers who sponsored or cosponsored the largest sums of earmarked funds, 6 were Republicans.

6 out of 10 biggest earmarkers were Republicans. Yet, the Republican party tries to present itself as the "responsible" party here?  Total bs.

Nevertheless, Vitter told the New Orleans Times-Picayune that he would vote against the omnibus because it is "just too expensive."

Vitter claimed it is not inconsistent to win money for projects in a bill likely to become law but vote against it because of broad fiscal concerns.

What a hypocritical mess the Republicans are these days. Yes, Vitter, it IS inconsistent and extremely hypocritical to win one of the largest earmark portions of a bill (thereby contributing greatly to its bloat) and then, knowing that it will pass easily, turn around and vote against it to "show" that you are a fiscal conservative. Nothing could be more cynical as you are making a mockery out of yourself and the Republican party.