The Hypocrite in Chief

The jokes just keep on coming folks!

I nearly choked on my Bosco during the latest State of the Union address when I heard the Hypocrite in Chief utter this paragraph...

Next, there is the matter of earmarks. These special interest items are often slipped into bills at the last hour -- when not even C-SPAN is watching. In 2005 alone, the number of earmarks grew to over 13,000 and totaled nearly $18 billion. Even worse, over 90 percent of earmarks never make it to the floor of the House and Senate -- they are dropped into committee reports that are not even part of the bill that arrives on my desk. You didn't vote them into law. I didn't sign them into law. Yet, they're treated as if they have the force of law. The time has come to end this practice. So let us work together to reform the budget process, expose every earmark to the light of day and to a vote in Congress, and cut the number and cost of earmarks at least in half by the end of this session.

Of course the joke here is this guy tries to demonize earmarks by saying that they are evil because no one votes on them and then attaches signing statement to just about bill he signs giving him powers which nobody in Congress ever voted on.

The Republican Asshole of the Day, for the entire month of January... Your Hypocrite in Chief, George W. Bush!