[biggerten]

You're right on all counts, but I needed to spell it out the way I did to 'connect the dots', so to speak.

Senator Dayton, as you pointed out, does not run the company. He has merely lived off of the Dayton name, leading a liesurely liberal life of the idyll rich in 'public service'. Never lead a real life, never held a real job, never worried abouy a thing in his life, yet indentifies with the little people like myself, who do these things everyday.

Oh, he did a brief stint as a 'teacher', notice that he didn't continue with that profession, it merely calls into question his dedication.

Oh yeah, he does worry about taxes. The family trust is headquartered in South Dakota, to avoid paying Minnesota (where he purports to live) taxes. Of course that's not HIS fault.

Married into the Rockefeller family, brother in law to Senator Rockefeller, D- West Virginia. Another liberal rich guy!

When running for office, he promised to return his salary to the public - broke his word on that one, didn't he?

Now, maybe I'm wrong, but my my basic point is that he's a liberal rich guy who knows much better than I how to spend my money.

[Snuffington]

Now, maybe I'm wrong, but my my basic point is that he's a liberal rich guy who knows much better than I how to spend my money.

Actually, you might be going a little soft on him. He has a reputation for being dim-witted and flighty even for a spoiled liberal rich kid.

(And you were correct earlier, regarding him effectively buying his Senate seat. The funny thing is he isn't THAT rich, so he's in a bit of trouble come re-election time, being unable to afford the same size campaign on his own again.)