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Late Late Nite FDL: Bye Bye Bluebeard

Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. and Merrie Melodies present Bye Bye Bluebeard, staring Porky Pig.  Story by Sid Marcus.  Animation by Basil Davidovich, J. C. Melendez, Don Williams, and Emery Hawkins.  Layouts by Don Smith.  Backgrounds by Philip de Guard.  Voices by Mel Blanc and others. Musical direction by Carl Stalling.  Directed by Arthur Davis.

What’s on your mind tonight?

Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. and Merrie Melodies present Bye Bye Bluebeard, staring Porky Pig.  Story by Sid Marcus.  Animation by Basil Davidovich, J. C. Melendez, Don Williams, and Emery Hawkins.  Layouts by Don Smith.  Backgrounds by Philip de Guard.  Voices by Mel Blanc and others. Musical direction by Carl Stalling.  Directed by Arthur Davis.

What’s on your mind tonight?

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During the presidential debate on Friday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) responded to a question about how he would “lead this country out of the financial crisis” by railing against the tangential issue of “earmark pork-barrel spending.” “The first thing we have to do is get spending under control in Washington,” said McCain, adding that earmarks […]

During the presidential debate on Friday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) responded to a question about how he would “lead this country out of the financial crisis” by railing against the tangential issue of “earmark pork-barrel spending.” “The first thing we have to do is get spending under control in Washington,” said McCain, adding that earmarks are “evil.”

Asked on Fox News Sunday today about McCain’s “narrow focus” on earmarks, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) claimed that “if you believe earmarks is a narrow problem, then you don’t understand what’s happened because of earmarks.”

But asked by host Chris Wallace, “If earmarks are so bad, why did you ask for 71 projects totaling $305 million dollars in the last fiscal year?,” Graham could only respond by saying that he has “been part of the problem” and would change:

GRAHAM: I have been part of the problem. I — my earmarks have been authorized, number one. They’re out there for you to look at. And, I’m part of the problem, I’d like to be part of the solution because the good part of earmarks has been overwhelmed by the bad part. Let’s just start over. Let’s start over because the $3 million to DNA to bear studies in Montana, the $250 million bridge in Alaska for fifty people is drowning out some of the good things I’ve done and John’s done. So I’m willing to start over. But there’s one guy in this town who hasn’t gotten a penny. I’m willing to follow his lead because he’s convinced me that the greater good would be achieved if we all just had a time out on this.

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Considering that McCain has demagogued against earmarks for years, it’s laughable for Graham to claim that he is just now “willing to follow” McCain’s lead even as he continues to request pork.

In fact, despite Graham’s previous vote for an earmark moratorium for fiscal year 2009, Graham recently placed $20 million in earmarks into the 2009 Defense Authorization bill.

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