[Alberta's Child]

From what I've heard, Gephardt is actually one of the more down-to-earth members in Congress. Someone said that you can judge a Congressman by how close he lives to D.C. when he is in the nation's capital . . . the closer they are, the more money they've got -- and the less connected they are to the voters. Gephardt supposedly lives so far away from D.C. in northern Virginia that he's closer to West Virginia than to D.C.

[Wright is right!]

Although the art-tickle says Dip Geckhardt was "going home to St. Louis," you're right about where he really lives. His official address in St. Louis is the apartment where his mother used to live. He's lived in suburban and now rural VA for quite some time. In fact, back about 3 years ago, there was a big flap over the new house he built way way out in Virginia. Seems as though there were some questions about how he was paying for it.

I never liked Dip's policies, but he is bowing out in an honorable way. and I wish him a fine retirement.

Michael