Today’s New York Times features a Political Memo that puts the accent on Newt Gingrich:
All That Glitters May Redefine Run by Gingrich
WASHINGTON — To the long list of rich-guy foibles that turned into defining campaign moments — John Edwards’s $400 haircut, John Kerry’s kite-surfing, John McCain’s inability to remember how many homes he owns — let us now add Newt Gingrich’s $500,000 revolving line of credit at the luxury jeweler Tiffany & Company.
Worthy examples all. But let’s not forget Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s $3000-a-night suite at New York’s Sofitel hotel, the posh venue of his alleged sexual assault on a maid.
That’s one helluva a rich-guy foible.
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Ya never know where Newt’s pearls of wisdom come from.
DSK didn’t pay $3000 per night; that was the full price, but he, as a French diplomat or NGO or something like that, gets the discounted rate of $800/night.
Maybe at the Sofitel not everything is included when you don’t pay full price…
$800. Ah . . . much better. Too bad DSK didn’t scale back his actions.