I love the fact that the GOP is taking a no earmark pledge. This is a great opening for Democrats in Georgia. Personally, I have nothing against earmarks. As I have said before, “One man’s bridge to nowhere is another man’s way home from work.”
I would love to see Georgia Democrats stand up and say, “The GOP has killed <insert project funded by earmark here> we as Georgia Democrats are going to try to revive it.”
Georgia gets a whole lot of Defense earmarks. Just some of them are: The Military Readiness Center at Hunter Army Airfield, The Combat Skills Marksmanship Trainer for the Army National Guard, Advanced Bio-Engineering for Enhancement of Soldier Survivability, and a whole bunch more. These projects all have one thing in common. Everyone of them was either sponsored or co-sponsored by Georgia Republicans.
I want to hear from the folks who took the no earmark pledge explain why the men and women who volunteered to protect us no longer deserve these earmarks. Or better yet, I would like to hear from the Democrats on why they DESERVE the earmarks.
There are a whole bunch of other groups that receive millions of dollars in earmarks here in Georgia. Farmers, schools, local law enforcement, hospitals, etc…all get earmarks. Again, how will the GAGOP explain to these folks that they will no longer request funding for them? Democrats should start talking to these folks and let them know that they will fight for them even if the GOP won’t.
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