Wednesday, April 18, 2007

From Your Friends, the Taxpayers

Sumner Redstone showcased Bill Clinton at a Breast Cancer Coalition fundraiser in his Beverly Hills home, er mansion, er palace. Clinton (link):

.. thanked Redstone for hosting the event in his beautiful home, joking that it “makes the White House look like public housing.”

Hm. Actually the White House is public housing, not so?

Afterthought: I guess I'm remembering my Kentucky days. A.B. "Happy" Chandler, candidate for governor in 1955, found out that the incumbent had installed a new rug in the mansion. By the best evidence, the rug cost $2,720. Chandler gave it a battlefield commission to $20,000, and made it the centerpiece of his campaign. "We gonna take off our shoes and walk on that rug!" Credit for refreshing my memory: Time Magazine. Update: The Wichita bureau recalls that when Eisenhower signed over the Gettysburg Farm (to the government), he said: “Well, we’re back in public housing again.”

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