things they say......

Statements by prospective attendees to the 2004 GOP Convention, taken from this article in the New York Times The comments are about the cost of the event which this year for the first time will be passed on to its attendees.

About the cost of the event:

"'A lot of us looked at that thing and said, whoa!''

"A lot of people just can't afford that.''

"We want to use our hard money resources in the smartest way possible,''

"The price of playing the game has risen dramatically,''

"I don't think anybody is happy about writing the check. But it's a cost of doing business.''

About the Bush Campaign:

"These are about the stingiest bunch of guys I've ever seen.''

"I don't blame them," ..... "They didn't have a choice. They are not trying to stick it to us, there are costs to these things."

Abouth ambitions:

"I really wanted to be a Pioneer or a Ranger; that's what I worked my butt off to do,'' ...... "I don't have an endless pot of money to commit to political events. But I didn't want to go there and not participate in the Pioneer and Ranger stuff. That felt horrible.''

Can you hear Will Farrell saying that last line?

Read the article, it's great.

The 35% of "republicans" that are living not quite as far over the median income line as they think are, are about to realize they're getting screwed in this deal too. Then we will have common cause that they understand.