Right On The Right

I posted a link to my must-reads a while ago saying that Barack had decided to join the chorus of Senators calling for an earmark moratorium. No word yet on if that's actually going to happen. When we look at Barack's actual record on earmarks however, we see a very different story, and Obama has the traditional Democrat habit of giving earmarks to those closest to him. Via NRO:

Dan Riehl notes, via Amanda Carpenter, that in the list of earmarks he requested, $1 Million was requested for the construction of a new hospital pavilion at the University Of Chicago. The request was put in in 2006.

You know who works for the University of Chicago Hospital?

Michelle Obama. She's vice president of community affairs.

As Byron noted, "In 2006, the Chicago Tribune reported that Mrs. Obama’s compensation at the University of Chicago Hospital, where she is a vice president for community affairs, jumped from $121,910 in 2004, just before her husband was elected to the Senate, to $316,962 in 2005, just after he took office."

This sounds like a typical case of a politician using his power to benefit his family, and a typical case of a liberal Democrat loving pork. Barack Obama may have recently joined the fight for an earmark moratorium, but for nothing more than political expediency. Barack isn't on our side in the push for a smarter smaller government