Here's a June 11 blog post from Page One Kentucky, an informed, savvy take on media and politics in the Bluegrass State:
Jeff Flake: A True Arizona Flake/Idiot
Seriously.
See for yourself:
This week’s egregious earmark: $900,000 for land acquisition at the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky.
“That there earmark ain’t nothin’ but a Boonedoggle,” said Flake.
Really? Criticizing our NATIONAL FORESTS? And the Daniel Boone National Forest especially? One of the single most important economic machines in all of Eastern Kentucky?
This butt cramp needs to go back to the desert posthaste.
Mitch McConnell, Hal Rogers, senile Jim Bunning, Ben Chandler, Geoff Davis, John Yarmuth, Ed Whitfield and Brett Guthrie need to demand an immediate retraction.
Self-aggrandizing Congressman Jeff Flake does little work -- Capitol Hill staffers once voted him the House's leading "showhorse" -- other than to vote no on everything and put out his weekly, unfunny "Egregious Earmarks" dissing projects in states like Kentucky and West Virginia.
We guess he does it because it's easier than the actual heavy lifting of actual legislating for this lazy politician:
Rep. Jeff Flake in his Capitol Hill office, 2009
Do-It-Yourself Self-Aggrandizing Jeff Flake Press Release!
For Immmediate [SIC] Release --
Congressman [FLAKE] Spotlights [NEGATIVE ADJECTIVE CONNOTING WASTE, IRRESPONSIBILITY, ANNOYANCE] Earmark of the Week
$[SUM OF MONEY LESS THAN WOULD FUND IRAQ WAR FOR THREE MINUTES] for [PROJECT PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT OR HELP TO RESIDENTS OF SOMEONE ELSE’S DISTRICT] in [CITY, STATE IN A DISTRICT OF SOMEONE JEFF FLAKE DOESN’T LIKE]
Mesa, Arizona, [DATE] - Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, who represents Arizona’s Sixth District, today highlighted a pork project contained in the [NAME OF APPROPRIATIONS BILL] for fiscal year [ANY YEAR BETWEEN 2001 AND WHENEVER JEFF FLAKE RETIRES TO RUN FOR HIGHER OFFICE OR TAKE A CUSHY JOB WITH THE CLUB FOR GROWTH OR GOLDWATER INSTITUTE].
This week’s [NEGATIVE ADJECTIVE CONNOTING WASTE, IRRESPONSIBILITY, ANNOYANCE] earmark: $[PIDDLING SUM] for the [PROBABLY WORTHWHILE PROJECT LIKE A LIBRARY, COMMUNITY POOL OR HOSPITAL] in [CITY, STATE IN A DISTRICT REPRESENTED BY A WELL-MEANING HOUSE COLLEAGUE] for [SOMETHING REGULAR PEOPLE CAN BENEFIT FROM].
“This is one earmark that [LAME PUN],” said Flake.
