Nice work if you can get it

By Michelle Malkin  •  July 21, 2009 10:59 AM

The porkulus continues to stimulate jobs — for political cronies.

From Pennsylvania (hat tip – Salena Zito):

The state also is paying political strategist and media consultant Ken Snyder $9,090 a month to help with publicity relating to the stimulus package.

”Obviously it is important to educate the public about where the recovery dollars are working in the commonwealth,” PennDOT’s Chizmar said. ”The public deserves and has a right to know.”

Snyder is an old Democrat flack who did work for Rendell’s campaigns.

Nice work if you can get it…

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  1. #749713
    On July 21st, 2009 at 11:02 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Snyder is an old Democrat flack

    And just what is the sense of having power and connections unless you can milk it?

  2. #749716
    On July 21st, 2009 at 11:04 am, bradley said:

    No surprise, considering Rendell is nothing more than an old-school political hack himself. Does Democrats stimulating themselves with government money become a form of political masturbation?

  3. #749719
    On July 21st, 2009 at 11:06 am, rplatt said:

    On July 21st, 2009 at 11:04 am, bradley said:
    No surprise, considering Rendell is nothing more than an old-school political hack himself. Does Democrats stimulating themselves with government money become a form of political masturbation?

    Bravo . . . loved that one.

  4. #749720
    On July 21st, 2009 at 11:06 am, denver republican said:

    LOL, bradley! LOL!

  5. #749721
    On July 21st, 2009 at 11:06 am, rightwingrocker said:

    Political masturbation, indeed.

    RWR
    http://www.rightwingrocker.com

  6. #749731
    On July 21st, 2009 at 11:12 am, granite said:

    On July 21st, 2009 at 11:04 am, bradley said:

    No surprise, considering Rendell is nothing more than an old-school political hack himself. Does Democrats stimulating themselves with government money become a form of political masturbation?

    Kudos!!
    Rim shot!!

    Except, of course, the socialists are not strictly practicing “self-abuse”; it is we the taxpayers whom they are hosing.

  7. #749738
    On July 21st, 2009 at 11:16 am, Flyoverman said:

    The more a politician is re-elected, the more emboldened they become….. what’s needed is crystal clear.

  8. #749739
    On July 21st, 2009 at 11:16 am, spaceycakes said:

    it is important to educate the public about where the recovery dollars are working in the commonwealth

    So, tell us which suite is the best at The Wynn in Las Vegas. I’m sure that’s where you’ll start your public information tour?

  9. #749745
    On July 21st, 2009 at 11:18 am, spaceycakes said:

    Does Democrats stimulating themselves with government money become a form of political masturbation?

    Yes. Especially when watching the Obama November acceptance speech on video.

  10. #749746
    On July 21st, 2009 at 11:18 am, Ragspierre said:

    Except, of course, the socialists are not strictly practicing “self-abuse”; it is we the taxpayers whom they are hosing.

    True.

    PennDOT’s Chizmar said. ”The public deserves and has a right to know.”

    Oh, I think the public knows…vaguely…when we are being screwed. When we are being screwed on this level, we are pretty aware.

  11. #749755
    On July 21st, 2009 at 11:26 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    LOL, bradley! LOL! ;)
    Democrats/stimulus will never be the same.

  12. #749759
    On July 21st, 2009 at 11:30 am, Dave Turson said:

    Nice work if you can get it…

    I can picture Snyder singing the complete Gershwin lyrical ending refrain:

    Nice work if you can get it
    And you can get it — if you try
    Who could ask for anything more?

  13. #749776
    On July 21st, 2009 at 11:42 am, Socky said:

    Does Democrats stimulating themselves with government money become a form of political masturbation?

    More like prostitution, using taxpayer’s money.

  14. #749784
    On July 21st, 2009 at 11:48 am, granite said:

    On July 21st, 2009 at 11:30 am, Dave Turson said:

    Good one!

    On July 21st, 2009 at 11:42 am, Socky said:

    More like prostitution, using taxpayer’s money.

    Yep.
    As I’ve said a number of times before, socialists understand only money, sex, and power…which to them are actually just different manifestations of the same thing.

  15. #749787
    On July 21st, 2009 at 11:53 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    “I got sick of the dough, and thought I’d go on the loaf.”
    - Curly (UNCIVIL WARRIORS, 1935)

  16. #749789
    On July 21st, 2009 at 11:54 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    “A Dictator? Why, he makes love to beautiful women, drinks champange, enjoys life and never works. He makes speeches to the people promising them plenty, gives them nothing, then takes everything! That’s a Dictator.” “Hmm, a parasite! That’s for me!”
    - Lynton Brent and Curly (YOU NAZTY SPY!, 1940)

  17. #749790
    On July 21st, 2009 at 11:54 am, granite said:

    On July 21st, 2009 at 11:53 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    (Paraphrased):

    Pierre:
    “Oh, does Pierre have a surprise for you!”

    Curly:
    “So do I…if you only knew!”

  18. #749793
    On July 21st, 2009 at 11:56 am, granite said:

    On July 21st, 2009 at 11:54 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    I don’t think that a more accurate description of the dangerous socialists that are currently running things could be crafted.

  19. #749807
    On July 21st, 2009 at 12:11 pm, sbw999 said:

    $100,000 plus to tell people how good the stimulus is…lol. Politicians deserve their low-life reputation. Spending money that isnt theirs to begin with, to pad the bank accounts of friends. God, this type of corruption sickens me. And of course, nothing will be done about it.

  20. #749816
    On July 21st, 2009 at 12:17 pm, spaceycakes said:

    Moe: Are you insinuatin’?
    Curly: No, just dancin’.

  21. #749823
    On July 21st, 2009 at 12:20 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    PennDOT’s Chizmar said. ”The public deserves and has a right to know what we want them to know.”

    fixed.

    Spending money that isnt theirs to begin with, to pad the bank accounts of family and friends.

    That is the biggest plank in the career politician’s platform.

  22. #749825
    On July 21st, 2009 at 12:23 pm, granite said:

    On July 21st, 2009 at 12:17 pm, spaceycakes said:

    “I say, Jasper, What comes after 75?”

    “76.”

    “That’s the spirit!”

  23. #749826
    On July 21st, 2009 at 12:24 pm, dan708 said:

    I saw this in the paper already. Rendell is the same guy who reconfigured the PA Liquor Control Board by firing the one guy who was running the show for about $100,000 and replacing him with THREE Rendell cronies who make about $150,000/EACH! Obama and Rendell are birds of the same ruffled feather.

  24. #749828
    On July 21st, 2009 at 12:27 pm, spaceycakes said:

    Where’s Rogue gone? Or should I say….

    “Moe! Larry! The cheese!”

  25. #749830
    On July 21st, 2009 at 12:32 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On July 21st, 2009 at 12:17 pm, spaceycakes said:
    Moe: Are you insinuatin’?
    Curly: No, just dancin’.

    “It ain’t the dippin’. It’s the countin’ that’s got me!”
    - Curly (HOI POLLOI, 1935)

  26. #749840
    On July 21st, 2009 at 12:40 pm, granite said:

    On July 21st, 2009 at 12:20 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Now and then I’ve mentioned the wonderful BBC series from ~25 years ago, “Yes Minister”, and “Yes, Prime Minister.”

    Very funny, but also very accurate in their depiction of bureaucrats, politicians, and administrators.

    Hell, the central “department” is the “Ministry of Administrative Affairs!”

    It clearly illustrates the “Peter Principle” – rising to the level of one’s incompetence.

    From various episodes:

    Senior bureaucrats, over brandy at the club, are explaining to their junior why open governemnt is an impossibility: “My dear boy, it is a contradiction in terms; you can be open or you can have government.”

    “If people don’t know what you’re doing, they don’t know what you’re doing wrong.”

    And:
    Sir Arnold explains to Bernard the law of inverse relevance: “The less you intend to do about something, the more you have to keep talking about it.” Bernard learns that just because his Minister asks him to do something, it may not be in the department’s best interests to carry out his wishes.

    http://www.jonathanlynn.com/tv/yes_minister_series/yes_minister_episode_quotes.htm

  27. #749846
    On July 21st, 2009 at 12:42 pm, granite said:

    On July 21st, 2009 at 12:32 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    “Enchanted.”
    “Enraptured.”
    “Embalmed.”

    “Delighted.”
    “Delapidated.”
    “Devastated.”

  28. #749851
    On July 21st, 2009 at 12:46 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    “Thanks for the dance… and cut yourself a slice’a throat! ”
    - Curly (HOI POLLOI, 1935)

  29. #749853
    On July 21st, 2009 at 12:47 pm, tre said:

    I wonder if Ken Snyder used to be a used car salesman?

    “Have Ah got a deal for YOU! This li’l beauty rah cheer was owned by a li’l ol’ lady who only drove it on Sunday.”

    What he doesn’t say is, that li’l ol’ lady drove it at the drag races!

  30. #749869
    On July 21st, 2009 at 12:56 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Now and then I’ve mentioned the wonderful BBC series from ~25 years ago, “Yes Minister”, and “Yes, Prime Minister.”

    Ah, yes. I enjoyed that show very much when it ran on PBS (Purely British System :) ) back in the 80s!

    One of the few reasons I used to watch PBS was its dedication of bringing British programing to us, before BBC America : )

  31. #749876
    On July 21st, 2009 at 1:06 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    “Is it honest work?” “Does it make any difference?!!!” “No, no… no difference.”
    - Al Thompson, Larry, Moe & Curly (THREE LITTLE PIGSKINS, 1934)

  32. #749922
    On July 21st, 2009 at 1:55 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    Government stimulus most often, if not always, stimulates more government. And more government inevitably destroys individual liberty even when that is not the intended outcome, although increasingly the destruction of individual liberty appears to be the major intent of such action especially over the past several years.

    The only difference between the GOP and the Democrats in this regard is the rate at which government grows and individual liberty is destroyed.

  33. #749952
    On July 21st, 2009 at 2:15 pm, spaceycakes said:

    ‘My name is a killing word!’–Muad’Dib

  34. #750152
    On July 21st, 2009 at 4:45 pm, cheapseat said:

    i wonder how big of a campaign contribution (bribe) one has to give to secure one of these 110k per year jobs.

  35. #750736
    On July 22nd, 2009 at 11:17 am, old trooper said:

    Engel, Marx, Lenin and Stalin are smiling from the grave as America bought into a deceitful but skillfully marketed Kenyan Pretender Presidency.

    Last call for that wagyu beef and champagne celebration is in 2010.

    A castrated Obama with no Congressional majority is the goal. Then his @ss unemployed in 2012.

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