Why Do Congressmen Do This?

Arlen Spector is threatening Judiciary hearings for the NFL's weak response to spygate and the Patriots.

Does he realize how stupid this makes him look? Uhhhh...there's a war, a recession, a housing crisis, an election, a falling dollar, increasing oil prices....in short, a lot is going on, and Spector is yapping on about the NFL? What a tool.

Which, by the way, brings up another question: What does it mean to be a conservative anymore? I've long argued the Iraq war is the liberal internationalist war and harshly critiqued liberals (on this blog) for their mealy-mouthed and frankly - wussy - reaction to both Islamic Extremism and Saddam's uniquely retarded version of fascism. Also, I've critiqued their blanket anti-Bush sentiment as being a lazy excuse for discourse.

But now it's the conservative's turn. What do conservatives do upon getting control of the White House and Congress? Get involved with costly and difficult foreign adventures, plunge us into recession and try to spend our way out of it, increase the deficit and decrease taxes - basically, the exact opposite of fiscal responsibility. In general, they act in the exact way they (rightly) critique liberals of acting - spending emotionally and impulsively, not showing any restraint with their power, and just in general, acting like blowhards and douche bags by getting involved with baseball and the nfl scandals. Dudes...stand back...don't put your nose in everyone's beezuss and act, well, conservative.