Lincoln Chaffee
From Ann Coulter:
Chafee is everything the Democrats like to claim Republicans are, which we are not and they are: silver-spoon morons who get ahead on the basis of family connections (for example, Ned the Red Lamont in Connecticut).
The only reason Chafee calls himself a Republican is that he believes that everyone above a certain income level is required by law to do so.
He learned this from reading "Doonesbury" and watching "The West Wing" while studiously ignoring blindingly obvious facts like: Sens. Teddy Kennedy (inherited millions), John Kerry (married millions -- twice, lucky guy), Sen. Herbert H. Kohl (inherited millions), John D. Rockefeller (inherited millions), Mark Dayton (inherited millions), Dianne Feinstein (married millions) and aspiring senator Ned the Red (inherited millions). All Democrats.
Kohl is your senator, too, isn't he? I thought he made his money from, you know, Kohl's. I wasn't able to confirm the inheritance with mild Googling.
Posted by: Noumenon | 09/03/2006 at 06:48 AM
I love that Ann! She tells it like it is.
Posted by: John R. McCommas | 09/03/2006 at 07:35 AM
In very witty lecture about 15 years ago, the speaker got a big laugh by stating, "Definition of a Republican: A Democrat who won the lottery".
That lecture was also the first time I heard the phrase, "Denial (Da' Nile) - It's not just a river in Egypt".
Posted by: Guy | 09/03/2006 at 08:27 AM
Yes, Sen. Herb Kohl is the same Kohl as in Kohl's Department Stores.
Posted by: Tom McMahon | 09/03/2006 at 11:14 AM