Earl Pomeroy, having established a long tradition of voting against North Dakotans’ wishes while collecting over 90% of his campaign money from out-of-state labor union and insurance company donors, is one of the US Representatives that is under intense scrutiny and pressure to vote NO on this farcical “health care reform” monstrosity facing Congress over the weekend.

Rush Limbaugh had a word of advice for Pomeroy during today’s show, regarding an exemption for the Bank of North Dakota from the government’s nationalizing of the student loan industry as part of “health care reform.”

KXMB ran this article where Conrad assured North Dakotans that the Bank of North Dakota would have an exemption from the student loan nationalization. Now the Washington Times is running this article in which Conrad and Pomeroy attempt to distance themselves from this “Bismarck Bribe” or “Bismarck Earmark” as fast as they can, and says it will do them little good.

Every time a prominent North Dakota Democrat gets caught with their hand in the proverbial cookie jar, they simply say, “Oops!” and give the money back or to charity. KFYR, KXMB, the Forum, the Tribune…they all lap it up and dutifully cheerlead for the Democrat like the good little stenographers they are. Byron “Skybox” Dorgan got caught with a bunch of money in the Jack Abramoff scandal, which he gave back. Kent “Countrywide” Conrad gave back some money after it was discovered he got a sweetheart deal on a mortgage for which his property didn’t even qualify. Now Conrad and Pomeroy are trying to get as far away from “the Bismarck Earmark” as fast as they can.

Rush Limbaugh had some cautionary words for Rep. Pomeroy, which I’ve encapsulated for you here:

If you don’t see playback controls, move your cursor over the video window.It’s interesting to note that Mr. Limbaugh mentions Kent Conrad as ‘wanting no part of this.” In the KXMB article I referenced earlier, Kent Conrad had no problem with a Bismarck Bribe in the Senate legislation. You can’t have it both ways, Senator! North Dakotans aren’t that stupid; you can no longer act one way on the east coast and another back here in flyover country. We’re onto you. And we can’t wait to meet you at the ballot box!

As for Rep. Pomeroy, who I’m not convinced even wants to remain in office any more, I suppose he’s still a wildcard. He’s owned by out of state labor union and insurance company interests…look who’s been bankrolling his campaigns for the past seventeen years. I for one have been calling his offices in Bismarck and Washington, DC in hopes of swaying his vote. I can’t count on his desire to represent North Dakota; if that was the case, he wouldn’t have nearly two decades of doing exactly the opposite. I can only hope that he’s not too tired to care anymore and resigned to voting the Democrat party line until he’s finally ousted. I guess this weekend we’ll know.

UPDATE: Here’s the article in Roll Call Magazine which talks about Conrad’s advocating for “The Bismarck Earmark” or “The Bismarck Bribe.” (click here)