Another example of republican consistency with the voters?

Sen. Christopher Bond regularly railed against President Obama's economic stimulus plan as irresponsible spending that would drive up the national debt. But behind the scenes, the Missouri Republican quietly sought more than $50 million from a federal agency for two projects in his state.

Mr. Bond was not alone. Many Republican lawmakers, while denouncing the stimulus to the media and their constituents, privately sent letters to the federal government's many agencies seeking stimulus money for home-state pork projects.

"It's not illegal to talk out of both sides of your mouth, but it does seem to be a level of dishonesty troubling to the American public," said Melanie Sloan, executive director of the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

Watch Republican Minority Whip Cantor do just that:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgWFxK0lBq0&feature=player_embedded

"There is a definite disconnect between the public statements and the private letters," said Thomas A. Schatz, president of the nonpartisan Citizens Against Government Waste. "It does seem inconsistent to say you're against the bill but then you want some little piece of it."

At a televised meeting with the House Republican caucus late last month, Mr. Obama chided GOP lawmakers who, he said, took credit for projects funded by the same stimulus bill they voted against — adding that some were even attending ribbon-cutting ceremonies.

Pete Sepp, vice president of the National Taxpayers Union, called that philosophy troubling. Remembering all the vitriolic rhetoric against the economic stimulus plan, he noted that it makes him wonder: Do these republican lawmakers really believe what they say, or is it just part of a cynical cash grab? 

Is this another example of republican forthrightness with the voters?