On 4/2/2012 1:24 PM, George Plimpton wrote:
On 4/2/2012 12:31 PM, Hawke wrote:
On 3/31/2012 9:06 PM, jk wrote:
wrote:


Take note that it says that Bob earned over a million from speech
money
alone between 1981 and 1991. I'd say that proves he was a millionaire
when he was a senator, wouldn't you?
That fact ALONE, no!
As stated, that would be 100k/year, (or 90.9k/yr if you assume it is
the full1 yrs) and only by the barest fraction, assuming he had no
expenses other than what he earned in pay, could it make him what is
commonly called a millionaire.

If you are foolish enough to suggest that anyone who grossed over
100k/yr over 10 years is a "millionaire", then, yes of course you are
right, but then anyone who grossed $25k/yr for 40 years is also a
"millionaire".


So the truth is as I said, Dole made millions when he was in the
senate. He was a millionaire. That is a fact. Pimpton says that is a
lie. You still think so too?


I never said he didn't, (I am not sure WHAT George thinks, and don't
care that much) I was discussing what you seem to "think" is
sufficient evidence to "prove" it.


I can tell you what he thinks because he told me. He denied emphatically
that Dole was a millionaire when in the senate.

I didn't.

What I denied is that you had any evidence he made his money unethically.


At this point nothing you say is believable. I gave you enough
information for anyone to easily determine that Dole was using all kinds
of tricks to enrich himself while in the senate. He mastered the skill
of extracting money from wealthy interests in exchange for his votes. He
did it for decades. If you can't make yourself a millionaire with that
kind of opportunity you're pretty incompetent and when it comes to
making money Dole is anything but incompetent.

Hawke

Hawke