Quelle surprise! So it turns out that one after another of the Tea Party candidates is in one way or another mooching off the government. The latest series of hilarious disclosures center around Alaska’s GI-Joe-bearded windbag Senatorial candidate, Joe Miller, who appears to have run virtually the entire gamut of government aid en route to becoming a staunch, fist-shaking opponent of the welfare state.

Miller’s pomposity and piety with regard to government aid programs has all along been in line with the usual screechingly hysterical self-righteousness Tea Party candidates bring to such matters, railing against Obamacare and other “entitlement” programs and promising to end the “welfare state.” That makes it all the more delicious now that he and his family have been exposed for taking state medical aid, unemployment insurance, farm subsidies, hell, even for using state equipment to run a private political campaign.

cbelt3 wrote:
Rolling Stone has always had enjoyable political reportage. Still, I think the bar was set by Hunter Thompson... uhm. well, OK, the bar was drunk DRY by Hunter Thompson...

Am I surprised that politicians are personal hypocrites ? No.

$tevie wrote:
People like you with your "ho hum who cares" attitude are as much to blame as the politicians. Everyone who has decided this stuff is Business As Usual is sending the signal that politicians can do whatever they like because Americans won't pay any attention anyhow.