Jim Inhofe sez: "Earmarks are good!"

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Inhofe has engaged in a behind-the-scenes effort aimed at convincing tea party groups of the value of earmarks, including circulating a 20-page document that makes the case that it’s Congress’s job to appropriate money and that a number of projects are rooted in the national and local interest.

The 75-year-old, four-term lawmaker, who boasts of being the most conservative senator, has been relentless, according to several accounts.

Moments after the Tea Party Patriots issued a missive to 200,000 members backing the earmarks ban, Inhofe tried to reach one of the group’s leaders on her cell phone. When he couldn’t connect, he tried again. When that was unsuccessful, his staff sent text messages urging her to call him back.

Finally, one of the group’s co-founders, Mark Meckler, returned Inhofe’s phone call Wednesday. It was a brief conversation, in which Inhofe said he wanted to provide Meckler’s group with an essay titled “The Secret About Earmarks.” It argues that eliminating them “won’t save taxpayers a single dime.” And he urged Meckler to give the essay to former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, chairman of the tea-party-aligned FreedomWorks.

Meckler said in an interview that the phone call was “bizarre,” adding that “we normally don’t have a lot of direct contact with senators.”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/45017.html

The self-proclaimed most conservative senator is trying to derail the Tea Party's effort to end earmarks. This is one of the few things I agree with the tea partiers about. You want to spend some money? Make it a proposal and vote on it. Stop with the earmarks, already.

 

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