government waste

Now … that’s a maverick!   Palin sure fights against government waste!   The passing of the torch in the Republican Culture of Corruption goes to Palin… “the maverick.”
WaPost:
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has billed taxpayers for 312 nights spent in her own home during her first 19 months in office, charging a “per diem” allowance intended [...]

What is it about these red-meat conservatives that makes them act like pigs at the trough when they get anywhere near taxpayer money? We’ve seen it time and time again: the very same people who campaign on trusty old bromides about “government waste” are the first to help themselves to the kitty when they get put in charge.

McCain, through his need to pick a conservative and a woman, may very well have advanced a woman who is now be poised to lead the new conservatism that must emerge from the chaos of the current Republican Party if the party is to have any type of future. From Ross Douthat:

Congressman Zach Wamp takes aim at the architect of the revolution that brought him to Congress:

Now this is one expensive insect eradication program!

Lets just say you had over a thousand bucks burning a hole in your pocket and you have a hankering to buy some fine art for your abode. You might get a signed copy, sketch or etching by such artists as Picasso, Warhol even a Chagall or Renoir if you find the right deal.

Or you could hold out. Save your pennies, nickles and dimes. Then, if you are lucky, maybe....just maybe, you might win an original by Jackie Broyles

I've got two running bets with friends that Mitt Romney will seize the GOP nomination. Romney is far more socially conservative that Giuliani and the favorite of business conservatives. It seems to me that he will overcome Giuliani after Iowa.

At least it did until today. In a big deal story, Pat Rober