Scott Murphy is still chugging along, riding a tidal wave of momentum to rise from obscurity to a dead heat in the polls for tomorrow's special election in New York's 20th Congressional district.
Meanwhile, the GOP candidate himself continues to go around merrily lying to anyone who will listen. Disco T. has been consistently going around decrying the Obama stimulus package as "pork". Except now, apparently, he's decided that isn't helping, so he flatly denies he ever said anything of the kind:
Reporter: Speaking of answering questions, your opponent's asked you several times for you to identify all that $300 billion that you're talking about, as pork or unnecessary wasteful spending. The Associated Press has also asked for a breakdown of what that is. Since you've read the whole bill, why haven't you provided us with that yet? We'd like to see that breakdown, of what all that is.
Tedisco: Well we gave five or six examples.
Reporter: That adds up to in the millions - we're talking about $300 billion.
Tedisco: Well you have a copy of the bill, don't you?
Reporter: Yes, but I'm not asking what I would consider pork. I'm asking what you would consider pork. And I'm trying to understand what you consider wasteful.
Tedisco: Well first of all, have you ever heard me use the term "pork"?
Reporter: I have.
Tedisco: When?
Reporter: Uh, several occasions. I've been -- I've been covering this campaign for a while.
February 12:
This is Washington-style, Mickey-Mouse pork barrel politics at its worst.
March 16:
Whether it is over $300 billion of pork in the federal stimulus bill, a $700 billion slush fund for Wall Street executives, or a budget bill containing nearly 9,000 earmarks, working families are mad as hell and aren’t going to take it anymore.
Same day:
He said his main objection to the stimulus was the $300 billion in pork that was attached.
March 18:
He calls the stimulus plan, that he now does not support, full of pork.
Finally, the best half-hour show on television, on lying:
Dr. Orpheus: Wait, perhaps you can help. From your helmet I can charge you have been here long enough--
Buried-Soul Head1: Yes pilgrim, I, in life, was a personal guard to the great Caesar.
Buried-Soul Head2: Nuh uh. Liar. You choked on a popsicle stick at a Halloween party.
Buried-Soul Head1: Oh tell everyone why don't ya--
Buried-Soul Head2: Everybody knows. Whydya think you're in hell? 'Cause ya fuckin lie.
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