...Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has assembled an unrivaled operation for the event: a statewide corps of 60 "super-volunteers," who have been paid between $500 and $1,000 per month to talk him up; a fleet of buses; more than $2 million in television ads in Iowa; a sleek direct-mail campaign; and a consultant who has been paid nearly $200,000 to direct Romney's straw poll production, which will include barbecue billed as the best in the state.
...Men with high testosterone levels tend to be irrational negotiators. Smoking was linked to dementia. Uranus has no diamonds. Piranha attacks were up in Brazil... Harper's 9/07
...Throw Mitt Romney and men with high testosterone levels to the piranhas. Quit smoking. And remember: you can have self-esteem without resorting to diamonds.
