Obama Wrong on…Obama?
Obama gets his own record wrong! OBAMA’S STATEMENT KING: Tonight, Senator Obama, you’ve talked about more transparency. You also at one point criticized earmarks. And yet, a recent report came out that identified you — lower on the list in terms how much money senators seek and sneak into the budget for these pork barrel spending projects, but it still said you were responsible for $91 million in earmarks. And you have refused to say where the money went, what it’s for. Why? OBAMA: No, that’s not true. We’ve actually disclosed, John, all our earmarks. And so, you know, we’ll be happy to provide you with that information, because I believe very strongly in transparency. THE TRUTH Obama Has Refused To Disclose His Earmark Requests For 2005 And 2006. “Since last year, he has publicly released the letters he submits to the Appropriations Committee seeking support for the spending items, but has not released those submitted to the committee in 2005 and 2006.” (Paul Kane, “Candidates’ Earmarks Worth Millions,” The Washington Post, 2/14/08, page A1, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/13/AR2008021303635.html)