1658 Pork Cracklins

Republican voters are fuming. And they're not just mad at President Bush. They believe, and I agree, their Senators have turned tail and run--run from fiscal responsibility. I can't imagine how that bridge to nowhere ever got passed, but now that it's getting a second look--Tom Coburn wanted to redirect some pork projects to rebuilding New Orleans--and Republicans and Democrats alike screamed like stuck pigs. That Alaskan bridge is going to serve 50 people and cost $228 million, but only 15 out of a hundred Senators had the guts to vote with Coburn and point out the stupidy of it. Here's what Ed at Captain's Quarters says:

"We worked our butts off to get a GOP majority in both houses of Congress for better fiscal management -- and yet in one simple test, only 12 of them vote to support their supposed party platform.

So now we have GOP majorities and capture the White House but can't cut pork, can't confirm conservative attorneys on the Supreme Court, and open up new entitlement programs worth billions of dollars for prescription medication?

Talk about a moment of clarity."