Bush Hams It Up Over Pork
March 31, 2007 at 9:43 pm
Credit President Bush with trying out a new weapon against runaway Congressional spending: stand-up comedy.
Here’s Bush earlier this week:
There’s $3.5 million for visitors to tour the Capitol and see for themselves how Congress works.
And here’s Bush in Saturday’s radio address:
The Democrats loaded up their bills with billions of dollars in domestic spending completely unrelated to the war …$74 million for secure peanut storage. I like peanuts as much as the next guy, but I believe the security of our troops should come before the security of our peanut crop.
If Congress keeps spending money this way, the President’s speeches might soon require a two-drink minimum.
The Richmond Democrat said,
April 1, 2007 @ 11:00 am
A two-drink minimum?
Heck, I had four or five drinks just to get through the State of the Union.