Posted on 07/04/2010 12:29:48 AM PDT by Kartographer
Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 September 7, 1969) was a Republican U.S. Congressman and Senator from Pekin, Illinois.
Dirksen? The best? Gotta be a joke...
The original “The Difference Between Republicans and Democrats”:
http://thepoliticallyincorrectfish.com/pif2/?p=581
The spelling?...
And, maybe one is just curtious enough to give you a reach around as they screw ya?
Reagan: “For Republicans every day is the Fourth of July. For Democrats every day is April 15”
Dirksen, what a gentleman. He once famously said, “A Billion here, a Billion there, pretty soon you’re talking about real money.”
My brother’s middle name is Everett... named after this statesman.
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