Lives of the Rich and Conservative

(From Arthur in Marin County)

Richard Mellon Scaife is a massive player in the conservative movement. He funded the "Arkansas Project" to dig dirt on Bill Clinton, he funds the Heritage Foundation and a host of other conservative "think tanks". By some estimates his contributions to conservative causes may be as high as $300 million over the last fifteen years or so.

And he seems to be in a bit of a pickle right now. This article seems to suggest that the depth of his personal fortune is about to be tapped into in a significant fashion. Most of it seems to be in trusts, which presumably give him a lifetime income of about $45 million a year, and then on his death the trusts will pass to his heirs. Now he presumably has some living expenses; houses, staff, a DC-9. The Good Life, as we call it. But that all costs money. What a divorce is very likely to do is cut in half (or close to it) his monthly income. At first glance that would appear to sharply reduce his ability to make lavish expenditures on conservative causes.

The description of Scaife's mistress, as given in this article, goes to prove an old adage. Actually, it goes to prove about five or six old adages, which I do not intend to dignify by repeating them in a high-toned forum like this.

But while we are on the general subject, did you hear that at a campaign event a small boy asked Rudy Giuliani if he could ask a question, Rudy said sure, the boy asked something along the lines of, "If you believe in family values, how come you had three wives, Mr. Busy Penis?"

And of course, when we stop laughing, we must ALL deplore the father who coached his son to ask such a rude question. Deplore in the strongest of terms...

...deplore.

Arthur