Mike Duffy and Pamela Wallen in the Pork Barrel

Mike Duffy and Pamela Wallin continue on their path of spending, joy and happiness.




H/T: Lorne: Politics and its Discontents .

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John Boehner and Pork barrelling

John Boehner and Repugs are in a dilemma. They have been the main beneficiaries of pork barrelling politics and special earmarks. Now they're trying to end the earmarks. Poor Repugs.

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Sarah Palin's Bridge to Nowhere

Is it possible that Sarah Palin's bridge to nowhere may become rough waters for the McCain-Palin ticket? They will have to navigate this one carefully - especially Palin lying about it, saying that she was against it repeatedly in her stump speech when, initially, she was all for it (that is until it became politically inconvenient to be for it). A pig is pig no matter how much lipstick you put on it – in this case Palin's abuse of the truth. Barack Obama is too nice to say "lipstick" "Palin" and "pig" in the same sentence, so I will say it for him.

Apparently swiftboating against Obama has begun with McCainiacs blaming him for sexist remarks when Obama said lipstick and pig referred to McCain's stand on policies (something which Senator Hillary Clinton and other prominent women in the Democratic Party confirmed).

Guess who started swiftboating on McCain's behalf – none other than Ms. Swift, former acting Gov. of Massachusetts and now working for McCain's campaign. How appropriate that Ms. Swift was chosen to lead this attack – not so swift Ms. Swift. However, there has been major backlash in the media as McSame himself has used Pig and Lipstick in the past in relation to the healthcare policy of Senator Clinton.

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Stephen Harper: The Primping of the Prime Minister

Mr. Harper might have to let go his primping lady, but he got fairly good primping by the time the election was called. Let the pork barrel roll. According to some estimates, he rolled out announcements worth $18 billion – a pre-election potlatch as the Edmonton Journal called it.

Conservatives are supposed to be fiscal conservatives, but they still carry out a spending spree to win the next election – barrels of money totalling $18 billion. That is no bird dropping.

In conclusion Harper is all primped up and ready to go.

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Sarah Palin and Pork Barrelling

What is the difference between Sarah Palin (Hockey Mom) and Pork? Lipstick and a good pair of eyeglasses.

Sarah Palin claims to be new kind of politician, anti-establishment... now the reality. When she was mayor of Wasilla, she accepted millions of dollars in earmarks and pork barrel projects. When she ran for Governor of Alaska, she was all for the infamous Bridge to Nowhere. After she became Governor and the bridge project became very controversial, she was against it. Again she accepted millions of dollars in pork barrel projects. As Mayor, she also hired a lobbyist to get the optimum amount of pork barrel projects.

More recently, revelations are that she, her husband, and children travelled extensively on public expense during her short span of governorship and also accepted per diem expenses when she went nowhere according to MSNBC.

There goes more extensive pork barrelling.

Also, you heard that she fired her cook. It turns out she never did. The cook is cooking as usual at Governor’s office establishment. On and on it goes.

We cannot attribute her forgetfulness to age and senior moments. It looks she has been lying all along. Most politicians do exaggerate or bend facts, but to outright lie like Sarah Palin has, what's next?

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Bernard Lord finally, finally, gets an appointment from Stephen Harper

Harper names Lord head of bilingualism committee
Former New Brunswick premier Bernard Lord will head a committee on official languages, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Monday. Click here to read more.

Why appoint Lord as languages advisor?
"Bernard Lord's appointment is a patronage appointment - a payoff to a political friend - and it won't help the francophone community at all," said Yvon Godin, the Acadie-Bathurst NDP MP who is his party's critic for official languages.

"We don't need Bernard Lord to tell us what we already know." Click here to read more

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