The Cynic Quotes

“The ease of relieving supporters of their money extended beyond campaign contributions. On being elected county executive, which was paid about $80,000 in today’s dollars, McConnell set up an arrangement with an undisclosed group of local business leaders who had supported his campaign. They paid a supplement of $25,000—$91,000 in today’s dollars—in exchange for giving some speeches around town. “It had never been done before,” says”
― Alec Macgillis, The Cynic: The Political Education of Mitch McConnell

“I didn’t see eye to eye with young Barry Bingham,” the publisher, Hollenbach says. “I told him respectfully that I didn’t think there was anything wrong with this city that a handful of well-placed funerals wouldn’t cure.”)”
― Alec Macgillis, The Cynic: The Political Education of Mitch McConnell