A little modern day political wisdom from KT McFarland. (In case you’ve forgotten, the Seven Deadly Sins are lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride.)
But what happened to Deadly Sin #2 – Gluttony, and Deadly Sin #3 – Greed? Are they passé?
Not in the least. It’s just that with all the flurry over Lust, Sloth, Wrath, Envy and Pride, last week there wasn’t much room left in the headlines for Gluttony and Greed. Nonetheless, they were there, alive and well in the United States Senate. Since we didn’t hear much about it from the national media, let me fill you in.
Senator John McCain, who has for years been the nation’s most outspoken opponent of pork barrel spending, joined with a few of his colleagues to propose a one-year moratorium on earmarks. Last week, the Senate voted on it. Seventy-one Senators, most of them incumbent Democrats, voted against the ban. Only 29 voted in favor.
