Does a maverick sh*t in the woods?
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1:19 PM
Bear facts about John McCain
In his first presidential debate with Barack Obama, John McCain trotted out one of his favorite lines about wasteful federal spending. "You know, we spent $3 million to study the DNA of bears in Montana," he said. "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."
McCain has been using his bear laugh-line to attack earmarks since 2003, when he first spoke out against the grizzly bear study on the Senate floor. Since then, he's cited the bear study on the stump and in campaign ads, joking that the DNA evidence might be needed to establish a cub's paternity or to solve an ursine crime. Which hungry bear stole the hikers' food?
Attacking excessive federal spending has been a hallmark of the McCain-Palin ticket, as the Republican candidates pledge to shrink government. But in the race for the White House, the past apparently is a foreign country. Just as Palin claims to have killed the bridge to nowhere, when it was already dead, McCain voted to fund the bear study that he loves to mock.
Bear-a-cuda
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