An old friend of the Tennessee Mountain Man who is now deceased once said when asked about taking opposing positions in the same court (different cases similar facts) in less than a month, “we be whoes… we know we be whoes”.
Then there was the old joke where a rich old timer met a doll at the bar and asked her if she would spend the night with him for a million dollars. She smiled sweetly and answered yes. After a few minutes he asked if she would stay the night for a half million dollars. She sipped her drink and said maybe. A couple more drinks and he asked, “how about a $1,000.00”? Incensed she retorted, “what do you think I am, a whore?”. To which he responded, “we have already answered that question. We are now negotiating the price.”
But, the political climate of the 2008 Presidential elections, take the cake! They remind me of an ex-wife (I’ll let them ponder to which of the six I refer) and maybe Google.
With the stock market on a wild swing from day to day and sometimes hour to hour, the price the jackasses and elephants are negotiating now is our children’s and...