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Borowitz comment.... (Original Post)
Playinghardball
Nov 2014
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gratuitous
(82,849 posts)1. Well of course
If these jackasses were popular, you wouldn't need to spend hardly any money at all getting people to like them. But you have to work with the politicians you have, and when all you have is Mitch McConnell and Rick Scott, you've got to spend money like a drunken sailor on shore leave.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)4. Only time trickle down seems to work.
In BOTH senses of the phrase.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)2. Borowitz certainly nailed that one.
louis-t
(23,292 posts)3. I came up with one earlier....
Well, I guess if you have enough money, you can even elect Republicans.
a kennedy
(29,658 posts)5. Yup, nailed it.
and am using it everywhere.