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According to the Detroit Free Press the NASCAR pork was ordered up by minority whip, Republican Senator Jon Kyl (Arizona), Republican Senator Pat Roberts (Kansas), Democrat (in name only) Senator Ben Nelson and was fashioned after a request made last August by Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) as part of an economic development plan for her state...

So, bottom line??? It wasn't Obama's idea at all... It was an idea pushed by 3 Senators representing "red states" and 1 Senator representing a "blue state"...

Bottom line, part 2??? It's no secret that NASCAR fans tend to be white, male, ultra-conservative and angry... Hmmmmmmm??? Sounds like a bone thrown to the Tea Party to me...

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