I don’t normally rehash press releases from Republicans, but this is too good. An excerpt:

Dems On Fiscal Discipline: “I’m going to earmark the (Expletive) out of it”
June 12, 2006
While House Republicans are working to spend taxpayer dollars wisely by bringing greater transparency, disclosure, and accountability to government, Capitol Hill Democrats are advocating more spending with the use of earmarks – line-items sometimes inserted into bills at the last minute, with little or no scrutiny. According to the Arlington Sun-Gazette, Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) recently told a group of supporters:
If Democrats win back control of the U.S. House of Representatives in November, U.S. Rep. Jim Moran said he would use his position in the majority to help funnel more funds to his Northern Virginia district. …
“When I become chairman [of a House appropriations subcommittee], I’m going to earmark the (expletive) out of it,” Moran buoyantly told a crowd of 450 attending the event.

Alas, earmarking the #*%$! out of the budget wouldn’t exactly be anything new in DC.