This is the bur under my saddle today:
Jesse Unruh was not exactly the soul of integrity and straight dealing. He became California State Treasurer and turned that office into one of the most powerful public finance positions in the country. He politicized the shit out of it, and did plenty of questionable things with that power.
But oddly, he'll forever be something of a hero to me because of a quote that floats around in various forms:
"If I can't take your money, drink your whisky, fuck your women - and then vote against your interests tomorrow in committee, then I have no business being in government. Thank you, gentlemen, and goodnight."
Why the fuck can't we get some of that out of the congress critters we've got now?
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