GOP = GRAND OLE PORK

I've read about the relatively muted complaints from fiscal conservatives about Federal pork spending but I didn't realize exactly how bad the GOP has been since Fredo became President.

Here are the numbers from the Citizens Against Government Waste site, by year and number of pork projects:

1993 1712
1994 1318
1995 1439
1996 958
1997 1596
1998 2143
1999 2838
2000 4326
2001 6333
2002 8341
2003 9362
2004 10656
2005 13997

Now, back to one of my favorite compare & contrast analyses: Clinton vs. Fredo:

TOTALS
93-2000 16330
2001-05 48689

AVERAGES
93-2000 2041.25
2001-05 9737.8


In merely 5 years under Fredo, the number of pork projects is already triple the number during Clinton's 8 years.