Via Daily Kos
Is there really $30 million in the new stimulus package devoted to saving the salt marsh mouse in Nancy Pelosi’s district?
That’s what some conservatives are now charging, and the claim seems to be gaining some traction with elected GOP officials and conservative media outlets, who are using it to argue that the bill is stuffed with Dem pork.
But there isn’t any such money in the bill. And Pelosi’s office is saying that the claim is a “total fabrication.”
It looks like the Republicans are so desperate to diminish the 60% support rating of the stimulus bill that they’ve resorted to completely and utterly fabricating talking points to try and bring it down. And, of course, our completely spineless mainstream media refuses to call them out on this, or even ask for the specifics of what they’re talking about. Instead, we let fake buzz spread, and destroy perception.
