Posted by
Georgiaboy on Saturday, September 02, 2006 8:53:01 AM
If you dress a pig in a suit does that make it a Senator? That is the question we have to ask as porkers extraordinaire Alaska's Ted Stevens (R)
and West Virginia's Robert Bryd (D)
were caught with BBQ all over their fingers. These two shameless oinkers had secretly held up a bill that would have created a searchable internet database of spending. But, due to the diligent work of Porkbusters they were rooted out to face the embarassing light of day. Congratulations Porkbusters! Porkbusters had the elegant idea of asking constituents to call their senators and ask if they were putting the secret hold on the bill. When 97 senators had denied holding the bill, Stevens finally confessed with Bryd close behind.
Most importantly, this means the bill should sail smoothly through its remaining obstacles. But, maybe anger over this incident could threaten Bryd. I'm not counting on it. Bryd has a long, well known history of porking and the people of West Virginia do not have the decency to remove him from his office. Stevens is ancient, maybe once he is deprived of his pork he will do the Republicans a favor and retire.
Congratulations to Sen. Coburn, McCain, Obama and Porkbusters for their excellent work on this commonsense legislation that will be responsible for busting more BBQ stained porker fingers in the years to come.