Lies, Half-Truths and Contradictions: McCain HAS Asked for Earmarks

It’s become a pillar in Sen. John McCain’s stump speech: “I have never asked for a single earmark, pork barrel project for my state of Arizona.”

But it’s not true. McCain isn’t a pork barreller, but in 2006, the nonpartisan Politifact notes that McCain co-sponsored legislation asking for $10 million for the University of Arizona.

And in 2003, McCain won authorization to buy property to create a buffer zone around Luke Air Force Base in Arizona; and in 1992, McCain asked the EPA to provide $5-million for wastewater project in Nogales, Ariz.

In other words, throw another log on the LHC fire.

Posted By: Joe Garofoli (Email) |
September 19 2008 at 06:00 AM