Republicans Voting Against Stimulus Then Asked Obama for Money

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Source: Bloomberg

Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Alabama Republicans Jo Bonner and Robert Aderholt took to the U.S. House floor in July, denouncing the Obama administration’s stimulus plan for failing to boost employment. “Where are the jobs?” each of them asked.

Over the next three months, Bonner and Aderholt tried at least five times to steer stimulus-funded transportation grants to Alabama on grounds that the projects would help create thousands of jobs.

They joined more than 100 congressional Republicans and several Democrats who, after voting against the stimulus bill, wrote Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood seeking money from $1.5 billion the plan set aside for local road, bridge, rail and transit grants. The $862 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed last year with no Republican votes in the House and three in the Senate.


Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aPeLiub0jnQE

[mac56]

1. Governor Timmy in Minnesota did the same.

Bashed the stimulus every chance he could - - - then - - - relied heavily on stimulus $ to balance the state budget.

They're less bothered by hypocrisy than normal people are.

Add quote from US News and World Report: "These GOP representatives and senators were so sure that the stimulus bill would be effective, in fact, that they could not get to their desks fast enough to start peppering the federal government with requests for projects in their districts."

[SpiralHawk]

2. Typical republicons

By now the American public has come to expect that Republicons will be hypocrites, spinners, and prevaricators.

Too much experience with their slitheryness to expect anything else.

[activa8tr]

4. Let's make this list and put it in every rally and meeting

where one of them is making a public appearance.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

6. Excellent idea - expose them now!

[progressoid]

3. The list of hypocrites just keeps getting longer and longer

[marmar]

5. Nothing worse than hypocritical welfare queens.....

nt

[liberation]

7. The GOP said "thanks"? Awesome!

I bet Mr. Obama can't contain his glee, all that bipartisanship finally paid off! They love him, they really really love him!

Hooray!