Harry Reid's dim view of the Founders

Today in the Senate is ground zero for the earmark fight we have been covering here. As the moment of truth approaches, pork-barreling politicians are pulling out the heavy guns. Check out this laughable rhetoric from the Senate's fearless leader Harry Reid:

"As we look back in history, the Founding Fathers would be cringing to hear people talking about eliminating earmarks," Reid said.

Ummmm, yeah...Somehow I have trouble seeing Adams, Jefferson and Madison get all upset about eliminating a practice that led to the excess and corruption we have come to expect from our Congress. Bridges to Nowhere, Jack Abramoff-like super lobbyists, indoor rainforests, teapot and hippie museams...yes, this is the stuff of the Founding Fathers! Ah, Harry the Patriot, Defender of First Principles standing athwart history!

Forgive me, but a Congress that produces over 15,000 earmarks totaling $17 billion in one year seems to fall quite short of Jefferson's call for a "wise and frugal government."