John McCain's empty speech | Salon.
"The question that McCain's speech failed to answer is exactly what, besides the nameplates, will change if he and Sarah Palin win this election. He will slash away at congressional earmarks and expose the self-serving pols who misuse them, but that represents a tiny portion of the federal budget. Earmarks may be important as a symbol of integrity but eliminating all of them would not appreciably change the lives of the people that McCain swore to stand up for in his speech."
And I know this is too easy a potshot, but how can he rail against this kind of thing and choose Palin as his running mate? She grabbed every penny from the federal government she could get and supported other politicians who did the same, including Sen. Ted. Stevens. But she's now turned her back on Stevens, because he's under indictment for unethical and illegal behavior.
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