Start bailing pork

When the New York Times confronted Pennsylvania Rep. John P. Murtha about the $111 million in earmarks for his district that were crammed into the Wall Street bailout bill, he said it was small compared to “what the administration wants to bail out those rich guys in New York.”

That was his only defense. In other words, if we’re doling out money for no good reason, he wanted his share — especially during election season.

Perhaps it is true that the bailout was needed in order to keep us from becoming Zimbabwe. But can we really trust a group of people who loaded $110 billion in extra pork barrel spending onto the rescue plan to make that judgment?