So much for being pro-military and an opponent of pork -- Nick Lampson followed the wishes of the DemocratICK Party leadership and against the sentiment of CD22 and his own promises to the voters by lending his support to a pork-laden supplemental appropriations bill which abandons the troops and calls for unilateral surrender in the face of the enemy.

Nick Lampson (TX-22): Nick Lampson campaigned on fiscal responsibility and took a harsh stand against congressional pork on his campaign website: “We have terrible waste in our government that can be addressed right now. We shouldn't be spending on pork projects like bridges to nowhere in Alaska and a tea pot museum in North Carolina. We must set priorities and stick to them.” By that standard, Rep. Lampson should cast a “no” vote on the Iraq war spending bill.

But he didn't vote no, despite his claims to be a pork-buster -- and instead voted to reject the expertise of the generals in the field in favor of that of the anti-American left-wingers at MoveOn.org.

MORE COVERAGE AT WaPo & NYTimes

H/T Michelle Malkin and Sen. Tom Coburn

UPDATE: But then again, why should we be surprised? After all, Speaker Pelosi lied to the American people on this issue only three months ago.

The headline over the column by Tom Curry of MSNBC oin Dec. 5, 2006, was clear: “Pelosi: ‘We will not cut off funding’ for Iraq”

Curry quoted her then:

“We will not cut off funding for the troops,” Pelosi said. “Absolutely not,” she said.

The vote today was clear: Pelosi is cutting the funding for Iraq. Out by Sept. 1, 2008.

It was a partisan stab in the back of the 150,000 troops in Iraq.

What's a lie to your constituents if your party leadership is telling big lies to the American public?

H/T Libertarian Leanings

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