Mark Twain on Government

"Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”

“No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”

“The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.”

“There is no distinctly native American criminal class save Congress.”

$36 MILLION?, and how much did Sen. Hatch spend?

November 15, 2006
$36 MILLION?....Hillary Clinton spent $36 million for a Senate race in which she had essentially no competition? Compared to $14 million for the next most expensive race? Wow.
Was this because she really, really wanted to win by a landslide and figured anything under 65% of the vote would be humiliating? Did she have a bet with Dianne Feinstein? (If so, she won. Feinstein won her race with an anemic 59% of the vote.) Was she trying to scare off her 2008 competition by showing that she has so much money she can literally afford to throw it away?—Kevin Drum 1:40 AM Permalink Trackbacks Comments (30)