Fred: Blogging Up a Storm
by Ryan Sager
Tue, 14 Aug 2007 at 12:30 PM
updated Tue, 14 Aug 2007 at 12:34 PM
Fred Thompson is blogging up a storm. Here he is today on earmark reform:
The American people deserve to know more than who sponsored special interest legislation. They deserve earmark reform that puts an end to special interest earmarking and provides solutions to prevent the practice of earmark abuse."
As a Republican, I was glad. It's not that earmarks are inherently bad. Some serve important public purposes. But they need to be in the open, for all to see and evaluate, and their use needs to be significantly limited.
How much is this connecting with netizens? Well, a post put up last Tuesday has 306 comments today. And one needs to be registered on the site as a "friend of Fred" to post or read comments. So, I'd say a healthy response, but not overwhelming.
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