McCain tried to fob himself off in the debate as Mr. Fiscal Reponsibility, Warrior Against Pork:
You know, we spent $3 million to study the DNA of bears in Montana. I don’t know if that was a criminal issue or a paternal issue, but the fact is that it was $3 million of our taxpayers’ money. And it has got to be brought under control.
Then he ought to be grumbling at his running mate:
It turns out, the state of Alaska under Gov. Sarah Palin, McCain’s running mate, sought millions in federal funds to study the genetics of harbor seals, and gather data on halibut fisheries and sea crabs.
Does this mean the fusty old coot will answer the call to throw her under the bus?
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She can always quit “for her family” to save face. Granted, that will cause both calls of “backsliding for women/don’t do it, sister!” or play into a retro stereotype of women not being able to lead because of the mother-drive, depending on who’s doing the talking. However, that awesome Laker asked to be traded back to the L.A. so his kid could be treated in Los Angeles, so the “women cant lead because they have kids” argument falls flat!
And if she quits, there will be no chance of her coming back in 2012. One hopes. But America LOVES a comeback!
Is he suggesting there was a paternity suit involving bears? Now that’s crazy old man talk.
The part of the debate that really annoyed me was McCain going on about how much money he’d like to save, him being a fiscal conservative and all. Believe me, he sounds exactly as Ronald Reagan did back in the day. Reagan said many of the same things and of course, his budge deficits made Jimmy Carters’ look ridiculously small.
Nah, Obama made an extremely good point. The US was initially spending $4.5 billion a month in Iraq, that grew to $11 billion a month in 2007 and now has declined to “just” $10 billion a month today. Y’all wanna save bucks, bring the troops home.