Ferrablog

No, the title is not a typo. Yesterday, Jeb Bush vetoed $349 in pork barrel projects passed by Florida's Republican legislature. Again, just as their belief in state's rights is a sham as detailed in the post below, many Republicans' belief in limited government is illusory as well. The Republicans running the Florida legislature went beyond the caricature they like to invoke of free-spending Democrats with most of these projects, including medical facilities bearing the names of the House speaker (the loathsome Johnny Byrd, futilely running for US Senate), and the Senate President. I don't have much use for Jeb, but I have to give him his due here for doing the right thing.