Stimulus Pork Has John McCain All A-Twitter
First he starts a mini-feud with David Letterman. Then he steals the gap-toothed one's signature bit: the top ten list. Yesterday John McCain — who has, according to @SenJohnMcCain, a "new found love of Twittering" — announced he'd be making some timely zingers, the new fashioned way…
Tmr I am gonna tweet the TOP TEN PORKIEST PROJECTS in theOmnibus Spending bill the Congress is about to pass
1:08 PM Feb 26th from web
Ooooh I can hardly wait! What will the porkiest project be? What? There's pork as far as the eye can see!
#10. $1.7M "for a honey bee factory" in Weslaco, TX
about 8 hours ago from web
Ha! Yeah, screw you and your agriculture, Weslaco TX, home of a Marine who raised the flag at Iwo Jima! Why does John McCain hate the troops?
#6. $1 million for mormon cricket control in Utah – is that the species of cricket or a game played by the brits?
about 5 hours ago from web
Actually, I'll go with "subtle dig at Mitt Romney." Well played, Senator.
#3. $332,000 for the design and construction of a school sidewalk in Franklin, Texas – not enough $ for schools in the stimulus?
about 2 hours ago from web
Hmm, maybe there isn't. Why don't you ask your GOP colleague Susan Collins about that? Meanwhile, the rest of us will have to keep clicking refresh on @SenJohnMcCain's Twitter feed to find out what the top two porkiest porkulus projects are. For chrissakes, this bill was how many pages long? If there isn't one tiny earmark in there for actual pigs, or sausage, I'll eat my hat.
(My hat made of pork.)
Update (by Dennis): Here's #1…
#1. $1.7 million for pig odor research in Iowa
Too true. Especially when they should be spending money to research Iowa odor in Iowa.
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The headline says "Stimulus Pork" but McCain is actually referring to the Omnibus Appropriations Act, which was written by the House, is filled with earmarks, and has nothing to do with stimulus. The stimulus bill, also known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was written by the Administration and Congress, has zero earmarks and is expressly for stimulating the economy. Sorry to get all nitpicky, but I keep hearing people using the words bailout, stimulus, budget, omnibus when referring to the wrong bills. I think it really lowers the level of discourse. Yes, I do realize I'm on Comedy Central's blog. Why do you ask?
Actually ol Romneybot is selling is Utah mansion. Rumor has it, he doesn't want to get caught not knowing how many homes he owns in 2012.