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Sep. 16, 2008
Getting an Earful on Earmarks
Though John McCain constantly derides earmarks as evil, many earmark originate with an ordinary group of citizens seeking to further an infrastructure, public works or scientific project, writes Steve Semeraro. - Forum Column
FORUM COLUMN
By Steve Semeraro John McCain argues with much conviction that we must eliminate those dreaded, corrupt earmarks. He castigates them with greater wrath than he directs at the Taliban, and any concern he has for alternative energy, health care and education pales in comparison. He has compelled his running mate to mask her own involvement with the earmark process as a small town mayor and Alaska governor to the point where she must ...
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