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The stimulus is so massive, it’s creating new districts!

Posted on November 17, 2009 by rightwingliberal

I really, really wanted to believe this was an Onion move; then I actually feared some clever lefty had laid a trap for over-eager center-right bloggers.

It is neither.  The Stimulus tracking site really does tout – and proudly, money that goes to phantom Congressional Districts.

Bill McMorris (Watchdog.org) has the details on North Dakota.

On a whim, I took a look at Virginia.

Among other things . . .

  • Over $2.26 million was spent in the “12th Congressional District,” which only exists in the fevered recesses of Tom Davis’ ambition.
  • Another $2M- plus went to the “00 Congressional District” (creating or saving exactly 2.5 jobs in the process)
  • More than $2M went to such venerable Virginia Districts as the 36th and 26th (neither seen since the 19th Century), plus the 79th (which can only mean Obama has created a new and more perfect dimension to spend the money)

In all seriousness, this is beyond embarrassing.  Either the Administration is bending over backwards to make sure Joe Biden is never wrong (“Someone is getting scammed already”) or they can’t take the time to remove non-existent districts from the website supposedly dedicated to track the stimulus funds.

This crew can’t even get a website right, and we’re supposed to entrust them with health care?

Cross-posted to the right-wing liberal

Filed under: Democrats, Economics, Government Waste, Hide Your Wallet!, Spending

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7 Responses

  1. Garrett Watson, on November 17th, 2009 at 11:03 am Said:

    Damn, we have a whole lot more representatives then I knew, maybe McDonnell can appoint some republicans to these districts, that don’t exist.

  2. Freddie, on November 17th, 2009 at 11:15 am Said:

    With that stimulus money, they should have hired some proofreaders.

  3. Steve T., on November 17th, 2009 at 11:47 am Said:

    Welcome back DJ!

  4. Never Yet Melted » Stimulus Saves Thousands of Jobs in Non-Existent Places, on November 17th, 2009 at 1:08 pm Said:

    [...] Rightwingliberal is extremely impressed with the success of the democrat’s stimulus package. The government’s own web-site (Recovery.gov) demonstrates that Washington has managed to figure out a way to spend money, and save jobs, in Congressional districts that don’t exist. [...]

  5. Arlingtonian, on November 17th, 2009 at 5:14 pm Said:

    I hear that Dave Marsden is thinking of moving into the 79th so that he can run for that seat ….

  6. Rush Of New GOP Congressional Candidates In Virginia « Virginia Virtucon, on November 18th, 2009 at 9:43 am Said:

    [...] Of New GOP Congressional Candidates In Virginia Posted on November 17, 2009 by Riley With today’s discovery that Virginia has at least 12 additional congressional districts that no one previously knew about [...]

  7. Holy cow, R. Allen Webb is making up new Congressional districts too. | I'm Surrounded By Idiots, on November 26th, 2009 at 5:17 pm Said:

    [...] off the news that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (i.e. the stimulus act) has created over a dozen new Congressional districts (I’m running in the new 00 district myself), it looks like Chairman R. Allen Webb of the 99th [...]

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