Earmarking Around the Christmas Tree

As we near Christmas, you’ll notice me drawing more holiday imagery. I figure, it happens once a year, so why not make the most of it as a cartoonist? I could just as easily have the Republicans and Democrats getting drunk off of Christmas budget eggnog. Or they could be dressed as Santa Claus trying to stuff a gigantic sack of earmarks down a chimney. The image of little piggy bulbs struck me as the funniest — and they’re so cuuuute, aren’t they? For a good read on the issue of earmarks in the spending bill, check out Tuesday’s editorial in The Examiner.