Where’s PigFoot? Searching for 2007 Porker of the Year Jack Murtha
The Bear on Mar 13 2008 at 2:08 am | Filed under: Uncategorized
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today launched the first in its new series of occasional video podcasts called Where’s PigFoot? The video podcasts, which will be posted on YouTube and viewable on CAGW’s website and blog, will feature CAGW’s mascot uncovering and exposing government waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement wherever it can be found.
The inaugural installment of the podcast features PigFoot attempting to crash Rep. John Murtha’s (D-Pa.) recent fundraising bash in Arlington, Virginia. The dinner was one of Rep. Murtha’s two annual campaign fundraising events. According to Roll Call, every private recipient of Murtha’s 2008 defense earmarks had given money to his campaign coffers sometime since 2005. Murtha is chairman of the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee. After a six-week online poll, he was named CAGW’s 2007 “Porker of the Year” for his relentless pursuit of congressional earmarks. Dressed to the nines, PigFoot attempted to deliver the coveted award to Rep. Murtha personally during the dinner at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on February 27, but he was unceremoniously ejected from the hotel.
Source: The Swine Line
Citizens Against Government Waste, John Murtha’s (D-Pa.), defense earmarks, “Porker of the Year”
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