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When John McCain came on the screen on Saturday Night Live this weekend, I got nervous (be honest, didn’t you?). 

But, I was pleasantly surprised that he was (finally) off his global warming soapbox, at least for a little bit.  SNL would have been a natural place for him to peddle his bill of goods and play to the liberal-skewed staff and audience.  But, alas, Senator McCain talked about…EARMARKS!  Hurrah!  Hurrah!

Now, I realize this doesn’t mean that he won’t push forward on his cap and trade scheme (did someone say “$1.3 billion tax increase?”  Oh.)  But, at least he’s back to his core competency - stopping the runaway growth of government.  I’m happy to have him talk about that all the time and stop talking about all his other nonsense.

 Anyway, in case you missed it, here’s clip:

UPDATE - Kathryn Jean Lopez over at the Corner has a different clip posted from the SNL appearance.  And, her post reminds me of something my mother said to me the other day.  “Would Ronald Reagan have done something like this?” …meaning is this really becoming of a Presidential candidate?  Probably not, but who knows?  President Reagan was an actor after all, and pretty darn funny.  But, he had class.  Does anyone anymore? 

I’m working on trying to get an earmark for myself in the farm bill!

In the meantime, I commend to you Dr. Barry Poulson’s great column on an outrageous earmark for Nevada, Lake Wobegon West:

Tucked into the farm bill winding its way through Congress is a $175 million earmark to build a lake in the middle of the Nevada desert. Nevada should name this “’Lake Wobegon West’ and use ‘Surf Nevada’ to promote tourism. This lake could replace the ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ in Alaska as the poster child for wasteful federal spending.

Read on…