washington business
“The former Republican Speaker of
the House was clearly interested in the
name behind our grungy offices. He, no
doubt, had visions of something grander when he launched his bid for the
White House.”
“Could you define the market —
everybody has to buy food sooner or
later, so you define the market as food,
therefore, everybody is in the market;
therefore, you can make people buy
broccoli.”
— Northwest News Network correspondent Austin Jenkins reporting on
presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich’s visit to Olympia’s White House —
the “decidedly shabby press house” on the capitol campus. (5)
— U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s response to Solicitor
General Donald Verrilli, on why the Obama administration was
defining the health care market so broadly, correlating it with being
forced to buy a certain food at the supermarket. (7)
“President Obama has traded in the hard
hat and lunch bucket category of the
Democratic Party for the hipster fedora
and a double skim latte.”
Source: (1) The Seattle Times, Feb. 6, 2012; (2) Late Night with Jimmy
Fallon, Feb. 9, 2012; (3) Via e-mail, “RON PAUL COMIC BOOK IN
STORES TODAY – PAUL SIGNS COPY OF COMIC BOOK & BEATS
ROMNEY!” March 14, 2012; (4) The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 24, 2012;
(5) The Capitol Ledge, Feb. 24, 2012; (6) Gawker.com; Feb. 29, 2012;
(7) CBS DC, March 27, 2012.
— U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, in a Senate floor speech. No word
yet on the size of President Obama’s vinyl collection. (6)
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