Democrats Ignore The President

I guess the Dems were so deafened by their own clapping and cheering that they missed some important stuff in Obama's speech to Congress:

Leading Democrats on Wednesday appeared to brush aside President Obama’s suggestion that they sacrifice earmarks in the federal budget, arguing Congress knows better than “faceless bureaucrats” how to spend taxpayer money.

The pushback came just hours after the president, during his address to a joint session of Congress, implored lawmakers to help put the nation back on a path to fiscal health.

Despite Obama’s request, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) on Wednesday stood by thousands of earmarks in the $410 billion omnibus spending bill, which the House passed Wednesday and is expected to be debated next by senators.

A slew of top Democratic appropriators in the Senate also defended earmarks, saying the process of setting aside federal money for specific member projects keeps decisions about taxpayer money in the hands of elected officials, where it should be.

“We cannot let spending be done by a bunch of nameless, faceless bureaucrats,” Reid said Wednesday.

Let's congratulate the nation's governors, mayors, city councilmen, and other local leaders who have now been declared "nameless, faceless bureaucrats" by Reid. Your services are no longer needed. We have the federal government to take care of us now.