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To: Snowshoe who wrote (84736)	9/16/2008 7:29:01 AM
From: neolib	Read Replies (1) of 541392

Not necessarily. The key wording is "abuse of earmarks". Earmarks aren't always pork, and don't always involve political abuse. That does not fit with this: Sen. McCain has made the battle against earmarks and wasteful spending a centerpiece of his campaign. He has never sought earmarks for his state of Arizona and vows to veto pork-barrel spending bills that come to his desk as president, saying these projects should go through normal budget review. And he derides the argument that states often make: that they're funding important projects. "If they're worthy projects they can be authorized and appropriated in a New York minute," he explained on his campaign bus earlier this year, before Gov. Palin joined the ticket. "If they're worthy projects I know they'd be funded." During an appearance Friday on ABC's "The View," Sen. McCain said Gov. Palin shared his views, and hasn't sought congressional earmarks. "Not as governor she hasn't," he said.

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