Democrats Cut Pork Spending by 25%

All those supposed fiscally conservative Republicans will try their hardest on this one, but the facts speak for themselves.

I'm amazed at the rate Republicans get away with calling themselves conservative or the common intertwined term "fiscally responsible." No matter what any politician says, no matter what they stump their base with, and no matter how many times they go on television crying about out of control spending or moral values, there's only one surefire way to know exactly what they believe and how they truly expect government to function and that is to look at how they govern when in office and the substance of those actions. They may say all the right things to über-patriot Sean Hannity and tough guy Bill O'Reilly, but their true intentions are in their actions. Their words are hollow.

During the "Republican Revolution"...

The number of earmarks jumped from 3,000 in 1995 to 15,000 in 2005.

Earmarks have run the gamut, from the infamous “Bridge to Nowhere” in Alaska to money for local fire departments, community centers and cancer research. And some have surfaced as controversial.

Over the past four years, Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) has secured $2.75 million to revitalize Washington’s Barracks Row neighborhood, where his family owns a home.

(Lewis says the restoration will “benefit tens of thousands of federal workers, tourists and the diverse neighborhoods around Capitol Hill.”)

Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) sparked an investigation by earmarking $10 million to extend Coconut Road in Florida, where one of Young’s donors has property.

(Young’s office says the road expansion was for a hurricane evacuation route.)

There's the real Republican conservative substance.