Academic

HEY, REMEMBER PORKBUSTERS? So I was talking to a reporter about the Tea Party movement yesterday, a?

By Glenn Reynolds

HEY, REMEMBER PORKBUSTERS? So I was talking to a reporter about the Tea Party movement yesterday, and he asked why nobody was complaining about spending under Republicans. Well, I remarked, there was the whole PorkBusters movement, whose biggest target was probably Trent Lott. “Oh yeah,” he said. “I had forgotten about that.”

So here’s a reminder. And a few other items here and here. And I noted to him that CNN was a lot more interested in having me on back when I was criticizing Republicans for spending . . . .

UPDATE: Reader Karl Egenberger writes: “And, don’t forget, the PorkBusters logos was done by Karl Egenberger, send him some work!”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on February 12, 2010 (boomark / email).