It's also an outrageous distortion pitched by the GOP Rank and respewed by its ditto-headed defiled.

The Taxpayers for Common Sense’s has created a database of all earmarks that went into the stimulus bill. Their latest release is the March 13, 2009 Update, Version 5 (xls file). Franted there wre more Democratic earmarks than Republican, but a look at the topp ten earmarkers in both the Senate and House, transparently exposes the hypocrisy of Republican lawmakers who publicly decried the legislation and voted against it, yet assured that their home districts were liveing high off the Federal Hog.

Senate

• 1. Thad Cochran(R-MS) - $473,707,775
• 2. Roger Wicker (R-MS) - $396,012,300
• 3. Mary Landrieu(D-LA) - $332,099,063
• 4. Tom Harkin(D-IA) - $292,360,036
• 5. David Vitter(R-LA) - $249,182,063
• 6. Kit Bond(R-MO) - $248,160,991
• 7. Dianne Feinstein(D-CA) - $235,027,932
• 8. Daniel Inouye(D-HI) - $225,077,157
• 9. Richard Shelby(R-AL) - $219,398,750
• 10. Chuck Grassley(R-IA) - $199,144,486

House

• 1. Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI 2nd) - $139,720,002
• 2. Rodney Alexander (R-LA 5th) - $128,628,563
• 3. Chet Edwards (D-TX 17th) - $117,926,271
• 4. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI 1st) - $111,434,800
• 5. David R. Obey (D-WI 7th) - $98,802,000
• 6. Marion Berry (D-AR 1st) - $90,001,643
• 7. Mike Honda (D-CA 15th) - $87,703,143
• 8. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) - $80,955,928
• 9. Ron Paul (R-TX 14th) - $75,175,750
• 10. James Moran (D-VA 8th) - $74,754,928

Six of the top ten porkulating Senators were Republican. Two of the top ten House members were. Another interesting statistic is that 11 of the top twenty in these lists are southern politicians. You can take the politicians out of Dixie, but they take their fatback cracklings with 'em. Ron Paul's 9th place as House porker proves what a deceitful Texas Cow Chip he really is.