I'll whore for Dave Obey, too

The Wisconsin Democrat lays the smack down on Bush's rhetoric versus reality here. A Sample:

Bush’s State of the Union

Bush’s Funding Record

“Keeping America competitive requires us to be good stewards of tax dollars. Every year of my presidency, we have reduced the growth of non-security discretionary spending - and last year you passed bills that cut this spending. This year my budget will cut it again, and reduce or eliminate more than 140 programs that are performing poorly or not fulfilling essential priorities. By passing these reforms, we will save the American taxpayer another 14 billion dollars next year - and stay on track to cut the deficit in half by 2009.”

Some of the ‘non-priority’ programs Mr. Bush proposed eliminating last year: Comprehensive School Reform, Educational Technology State Grants, K-12 Foreign Language Grants, Even Start, Vocational Education State Grants, GEAR UP, Safe and Drug Free Schools State Grants, Community Technology Centers, LEAP, Thurgood Marshall Legal Opportunity, Teacher Quality Enhancement Program, Hydropower Program, Emergency Medical Services for Children, Healthy Community Access Program, Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, HOPE VI, COPS Hiring Grants, and COPS Interoperable Communications Technology Grants. Many of these cuts will cause direct, serious damage to programs that help Americans in their everyday lives while providing savings that are peanuts compared to the $51 billion it will cost to pay for the tax cuts for the wealthiest one percent of Americans this year.