More on the bailout

Well, the House of Representatives just passed the bailout.  President Bush will likely sign it in a few hours.  Sad, but not surprising.

I do have one thing to bring up that no one is really talking about though - John McCain is practically basing his entire economic policy on cutting "pork-barrel spending".  Excuse me, not cutting...ELIMINATING.  As a matter of fact he's said he will veto any bill with pork in it and he'll make the people who put it in there famous.

Well, Senator McCain, what about the bailout bill that YOU VOTED "YES" ON YESTERDAY??!!!  What about all the pork in that bill that caused it to go from $700 billion to $850 billion??!!!  What about the following items - do they count as "pork"?!!

A $2 million tax benefit for makers of wooden arrows for children; a $100 million tax break to benefit auto racetrack owners; $192 million in rebates on excise taxes for the Puerto Rican and Virgin Islands rum industry; $148 million in tax relief for U.S. wool fabric producers; and a $49 million tax benefit for fishermen and other plaintiffs who sued over the 1989 tanker Exxon Valdez spill.

What about all of this, Mr McCain?  Why didn't you vote against it, why didn't you "name names"??!!!

How can we trust you are going to cleanup Washington if you don't even practice what you preach in the first high-profile chance you've had to do so???!!!!

If you can't tell already, this really burns me up.  How did our political process get so corrupted?