John McCain has never accepted an earmark?

Question

can we say the same for obama?

Answer 1

Uh the politician isn't the one that accepts the earmark.  The politician is the one that creates the earmark on behalf of their contributors.  I'm sure there are more than a few political favors for campaign contributors in McCain's past.

Answer 2

Sen. Barack Obama sought more than $3.4 million in congressional earmarks for clients of the lobbyist son of his Democratic running mate, Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, records show. Obama succeeded in getting $192,000 for one of the clients, St. Xavier University in suburban Chicago.

Obama’s campaign has taken a hard stance against the world of lobbying in the nation’s capital. Obama said he limits his own efforts to get money for pet projects — a process known as earmarking — to those that benefit the public. He has posted his earmark requests on his presidential campaign Web site to encourage transparency. …

An analysis for The Washington Post by Taxpayers for Common Sense of Hunter Biden’s firm’s lobbying business found that its clients collected $2.7 million in earmarks in the last fiscal year.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...

Senator Barack Obama on Thursday released a list of $740 million in earmarked spending requests that he had made over the last three years, and his campaign challenged Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to do the same.



The list included $1 million for a hospital where Mr. Obama’s wife works, money for several projects linked to campaign donors and support for more than 200 towns, civic institutions and universities in Illinois.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/us/pol...

Answer 3

That's a lie,....McCain HAS indeed accepted earmarks....before he was against them, he was for them.

Answer 4

Oh really?

Answer 5

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