Break Down

Hey guys! If you're like me and I know I am, you are overwhelmed with all of these political terms the candidates are throwing around. I'm gonna break it down for you so you can be an informed voter:

Earmarks: Congressional provisions that direct approved funds to be spent on specific projects, or that direct specific exemptions from taxes or mandated fees.

Pork Barrel: Appropriation of government spending for projects that are intended primarily to benefit particular constituents or campaign contributors.

Bridge To Nowhere: Bridges that are either incomplete or built in sparsely populated locations, and therefore rarely used.

Dog Ear: Refers to when a candidate changes their mind about something because they claim to previously not have heard it correctly.

Pork and Beans Politics: Spending that is beneficial to not only the constituents and lobbyists but to those who enjoy camping.

Special Interest Group: An organized collection of people who seek to influence political decisions. Often use secret handshakes, code words and dress codes.

Thanks But No Thanks: Yes.

Pork, The Other White Meat: Presidential nominee John McCain.