Here is the frustration I’ll be feeling for the next four years in a nutshell.
Obama, to nobody’s surprise, voted for the Farm Bill that he previously slammed as an effort by “the lobbyists” to give money away to agribusiness.
What changed? According to a spokesman, Obama’s harsh words for the Senate version referred to its “failure to cap subsidy payments.”
Here’s the thing: The Senate version of the Farm Bill capped subsidy payments at exactly the same level as the final version of the bill.
So McCain, writing in an op-ed, weighs in:
I am not opposed to providing a reasonable risk management for farmers. When farmers suffer from a natural disaster such as droughts or floods, we should assist them.
We should, Senator? Please point out just where in the Constitution “we”, meaning the Federal Government, is allowed to do so?
Nothing like “I’m not quite as big a liberal as my opponent” to fire up the base.
We are so screwed.