"Jim King -> Ross Sauer"  wrote in
news:31521$POL_INC{at}JamNNTPd:

 >> Members of the Congressional Tea Party Caucus may tout their
 >> commitment to cutting government spending now, but they used the
 >> 111th Congress to request hundreds of earmarks that, taken
 >> cumulatively, added more than $1 billion to the federal budget.

 JK> If this is true then they will soon be gone. The elected officials
 JK> will get the message that the People mean what they say.

I don't think so.

People can be misled or diverted by "bread and circuses."

They'll like those juicy earmarks for the "home folks," and the Tea Party
candidates will put on their dog-and-pony show again.

How else can a total idiot like Michele Bachmann get re-elected?

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