And though Mr Bush had sold himself as a lean-spending, small-government man, they could not resist the aroma of a trillion-dollar budget stuffed with choicest pork.

• 还有，虽然布什总统以“清廉节俭的小型政府”自居，在面对塞满了上等猪排的万亿美元预算案时，这对鼻孔还是没有抵抗住诱惑。