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Pat Robertson gets $11 million of prime American Bacon you bought
by Open-Publishing - Sunday 2 October 20052 comments
Economy-budget Religions-Beliefs USA
Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe snuck $10.8 million into the funding for a highway interchange sought by evangelist Pat Robertson near his Virginia headquarters.
"I love" Pat Robertson, Chris Casteel of the Daily Oklahoman quoted Inhofe.
But, the Oklahoma senator says, he earmarked the money for fellow Republican Senator John Warner whose office said they had requested only $5.8 million. Inhofe admits he tossed in the extra $5 million of pork into the new federal highway bill written in his committee.
The saga came to light in a story published in the Virginian-Pilot newspaper.
Inhofe admitted that television host Robertson had lobbied him for the funding and, as viewers know, Inhofe appears in the evangelist’s TV show.
Pork barrel, religious fervor or political back scratching? No. Just Inhofe’s "conservatism."
Forum posts
3 October 2005, 01:12
Just don’t buy this crap!
3 October 2005, 06:26
Gee I guess if I join Bu$hco and do some dirty tricks or lying for them I might have a chance at multi million dollar taxpayer funded "gifts" "rewards" "gratuity" "reimbursement" "incentives"....where do I get in line???