Evening Distraction

Sorry for the abruptness of my commenting today, but my spring sinus problems decided to set in just the left side of my face and I'm miserable. OTOH, I picked this vid because it was used last night on a tv show as an example of a "golden oldie" that would scare modern kids out of the room. My little brother is now officially old. Heh.

Video- Kyl & McCain say Stimulus money failed, but how dare they attempt not to give it to us!

Kyl said it wasn't working, so Ray LaHood graciously offered to let them forfeit the money. Watch McCain try to rationalize the their situation.

**Oops, forgot to mention that the Senator is proud enough of this performance to put it up on his personal YouTube channel. h/t John.

McCain Preparing "Contract With America" V. 2009

What the hell is this fossilized cretin up to?

Sam Stein obtained an email from Sen. John McCain's chief of staff that suggested the Arizona senator was putting together a major economic plan structured, in some ways, off of Newt Gingrich's famous "Contract With America."

The email asked an outside adviser for help with a "ten principles" program that the senator could use as a "definitive" platform to rescue America's economy. However, the only policy guidance given was "No Tax Increases."

The fact that McCain is going to outside consultants suggests he "is laying the groundwork for more comprehensive opposition."

John McCain is mad at President Obama

Hard to imagine eh? Once a dickish old man...

The rollercoaster-like relationship between President Obama and John McCain has taken a dive in recent weeks, culminated by the Arizona Republican’s scathing Monday speech on the Senate floor.

McCain’s diatribe on the Obama administration’s decision to look the other way as lawmakers secured thousands of earmarks in the pending $410 billion omnibus budget measure contrasts with the pleasantries the presidential candidates exchanged soon after the election.

The anti-earmark legislator didn’t mince words on Monday, delivering a harsher speech than the prepared text that was posted on his Senate website.

Mocking the White House for failing to speak out against earmarks such as a $1.7 million fund for pig odor research in Iowa, McCain said, “So much for the promise of change, Mr. President. So much for the promise of change.”