[Jimmy Valentine]

"If politics is chess, Mitchell’s a grand master."

Aren't you generous.

He was and is a lying devious rat f**k who sandbagged GHW Bush on a deal to make spending cuts in return for a tax increase then reneged on the deal. And that is just for openers.

He is a "grand master" in the same way the late and unlamented Charles ("just say I don't recall") Ruff was a grand master as an attorney.

[mimaw]

Agree.

[Petronski]

...sandbagged GHW Bush...

He played Pere Bush like a Grand Piano. That's exactly my point.

[skeeter]

He was and is a lying devious rat f**k who sandbagged GHW Bush on a deal to make spending cuts in return for a tax increase then reneged on the deal. And that is just for openers.

Thats how I remember him as well.

All the same, heres to a speedy recovery.