Aug 15, 2005
what it takes costs
Two points noted in catching up on summer periodicals.
(1) Grover Norquist calls out George Soros for going shopping in a market he didn't adequately research:
(From John Cassidy,"The Ringleader," The New Yorker August 1, 2005, 42-53, p. 50.)
Do historians pay enough attention to how much money comes from whom in Presidential elections?
(2) On an unrelated point in the same article, I'm pretty sure Tony Perkins would have prayed that every"lying tongue," not every"lion tongue," be cast down. (p. 49) But I await correction from Biblical cognoscenti among the readership.
(1) Grover Norquist calls out George Soros for going shopping in a market he didn't adequately research:
The one thing that surprised Norquist about Soros's appearance ... was the revelation that Soros had spent only twenty-seven million dollars during last year's election."That is so goofy," Norquist said."The guy is worth, what, seven billion dollars, and he tried to buy the Presidency on the cheap. He should have been in for two and a half billion dollars, for crying out loud. Twenty-seven million dollars -- that should have been ante money. What were they thinking?"
(From John Cassidy,"The Ringleader," The New Yorker August 1, 2005, 42-53, p. 50.)
Do historians pay enough attention to how much money comes from whom in Presidential elections?
(2) On an unrelated point in the same article, I'm pretty sure Tony Perkins would have prayed that every"lying tongue," not every"lion tongue," be cast down. (p. 49) But I await correction from Biblical cognoscenti among the readership.