For 2010, before "discovering" that he was against earmarks in an election year, Paul Hodes, democrat congressman and candidate for the US Senate requested over 51,000,000.00 million in appropriations. That earned him the distinction of being ranked the 45th highest earmarker in the entire House of Representatives for 2010.
That’s 45 out of 435 in a year in which Hodes increased his appropriation requests by 46% over previous years .
So when you watch the "Hot Dog" commercial you have to understand that before the commercial even started Paul Hodes not only ate all his hot dogs he actually ate 46% more of them than ever before–and right before he figured out that he needed to act like he was really going hungry…for you.
