November 26, 2002
EVERY MAN A KING:
Bringing Bacon to the Bayou (Dotty Lynch and Douglas Kiker, Nov. 26, 2002, CBS News: Washington Wrap)Sen. Mary Landrieu, Democrat of Louisiana and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has boasted of her ability to bring federal dollars to the state if she's re-elected over GOP nominee Suzanne Haik Terrell in their Dec. 7 runoff. But incoming Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, campaigning in Louisiana for Terrell on Monday, said Landrieu might not even keep her Appropriations spot if she wins because of a possible reduction in the overall number of seats on the committee. He also promised that Terrell would "at the table where the decisions are made" if she's elected, the Associated Press reports.
Why not cut to the chase and promise Louisiannans $500 a head if they vote Republican? Posted by Orrin Judd at November 26, 2002 1:39 PM
Comments
You gotta be kidding -- I'm related to (way too many of) those people. Offer $500 and you'll end up in a bidding war.
Posted by: Christopher Badeaux at November 26, 2002 5:03 PMHave you read "Confederacy of Dunces?"
Posted by: Gene Brown at November 26, 2002 7:28 PMBreaux called it "the Second Louisiana Puchase"... LOL
Posted by: David Ross at November 26, 2002 7:52 PMBen Domenech noted, when Torricelli (before he dropped out) said that he could bring home the federal dollars, that this was usually the sign of a desperate incumbent. Let's hope its true of Landreau as well.
Posted by: AWW at November 26, 2002 9:32 PMI don't know, it worked twice for Alphonse D'Amato.
Posted by: oj at November 26, 2002 9:50 PM