Where's the Maverick?

"I will make them famous, and you will know their names!" Senator John McCain energetically proclaimed to awaiting republicans at their national convention. Well Senator McCain, I want names. I want to know who got us into this mess. Democrat or Republican. I don't care, I want them out! Even on his website it reads,

"John McCain will veto every pork-laden spending bill and make their authors famous....Earmarks restrict America's ability to address genuine national priorities and interfere with fair, competitive markets....Eliminate broken government programs."

Why did he vote "yes" on a bill which added $100 billion in earmarks to it? In probably one of the most pivotal crossroads our country has ever been in, he falls in line with the rest of the good ol' boys. And since when is pork considered a "sweetener"? Splenda, Sweet & Low, Ensure and pork? There is enough pork in this bill you would think it would offend well-known Jew, Barney Frank, instead it is making him salivate. The fact that it went from a 3 page document to over 400 pages does not surprise me. The fact that Senators Barack Obama and Joe Biden voted 'Yea' does not surprise me. But the fact that Senator John McCain when given the perfect opportunity to be a 'maverick' and actually have the majority of the people of the United States behind him, it is shocking that he follows the democrats lead. And I have heard many representatives, including my own, actually say that the bill has been improved. How has more spending improved an already insanely bloated bill?

On another note,

Vice Presidential Debates. I am no longer excited. My fervor has fizzled. My interest is lost. My curiosity quashed. Of course, out of duty, I will begrudgingly watch. And I will try not to yell at the t.v. I will make no promises though, because unlike politicians, I intend to keep them! The only draw for me to watch, is you never know what will come out of Sen. Biden or Gov. Palin's mouths.

Will Sen. Biden say 'facts sometimes get in the way' or ask a freshly injured moderator Gwen Eiffel to "please stand up"?

Will Gov. Palin just not have an answer to a question or start spouting out campaign phrases like 'job creation', 'reformer', 'pitbull', 'tax cuts', like an overfed robot with turrets syndrome?

Our country needs more than campaign slogans and smear campaigns. It needs more than "change" or a "reformer". It needs solutions. I have not heard real solutions from either candidate, or anyone on Capitol Hill. The Bail Out Bill is not a solution, it is just one more shovel full of dirt while digging a very deep grave. The debates are no longer an opportunity for us to find a candidate who has similar standards, they are a forum to deliver well-crafted and generic lines to a gullible public. Do I sound pessimistic and disenfranchised? I hope so, because I am! Give me real solutions from a real person, and I will give you my vote.