McCain Says Thanks

So, after having all his buddies rip the donkey's to shreds for four days, McCain busts out with the "Let's end partisan rancor." What a fucking hypocrite.

As he dished out the usual, "We're going to cut wasteful spending to balance the budget," it made me wonder how he was going to do that while still spending 10 billion a month in Iraq. Besides that, ever wonder where all the fed tax money is spent? Check this out. Note that the federal debt is around 10 Trillion dollars (hence the $9 billion a year in interest), the 2007 budget deficit was estimated at $162 billion, and all of the discretionary spending in this year's budget is $88.5 billion. Even if he got rid of EVERY discretionary program, we're still in the hole $74.5 billion. And with the economy in the tank, tax revenues aren't going to make that up any time soon. So, when McCain talks about getting rid of waste to balance the budget, remember that he plans on pissing away more in Iraq each year than what's spent on discretionary programs. Oh, and his favorite general just announced that we're not going to withdraw troops so fast after all.

In a bad economy, anyone who's going to balance the budget will half to rip into mandatory programs, health care and the military budget. If McCain could do that, I'd vote for him in a second. I don't see it happening.

Considering how long he's been in the senate, his speech lacked specifics on what he's done and what he plans to do. However, he did a great job of telling his personal story, minus the part about courting his current wife while still married to his first one.

From a body language point of view, several times he looked down when making a final point. I wonder if he was embarrassed by some of the things he had to say?