Rick's Cafe Americain

CNN reported this weekend that “Leading Republican Sen. John McCain Sunday berated fellow lawmakers for ‘spending money like a drunken sailor’ and said President Bush was also to blame for pushing the nation toward higher interest rates and inflation."


Bush responded to that criticism at a photo op at Dynamic Metal Treating in Canton, Michigan yesterday.  “Now, people like Johnny McCain are saying that my administration is spending money ‘like a drunken sailor’.  Well, to people who would attack the compassion of a government willing to drug this nation’s old folks, I say this:  I don’t know what a drunken sailor spends like, but I do know what a drunk, coked-up draft-dodger spends like, and let me tell you, Mr. McCain, drugs are expensive.  More expensive than most of our parents and grandparents can afford.  And you often have to go into some sketchy neighborhoods, where you wouldn’t want your Momma going.  So to those who would criticize our spending, I say, ‘hey, it’s not my money’.  And I’ve got plenty of my own.  And so does my Momma.  Love ya, Momma.”