If you’re electing Democrats to control government spending, then you’re marrying Angelina Jolie for her brains.
P.J. O’Rourke gave this speech at the 2008 Cato Benefactor Summit. Don’t miss it!
…That’s why we need a Republican president—not because Republi- cans are good but because we need gridlock. I love gridlock. Gridlock means government can’t do things.
The two most frightening words in Washington are “bipartisan consen- sus.” Bipartisan consensus is when my doctor and my lawyer agree with my wife that I need help.
O’Rourke had a lot to say about health care reform…
…Well, we’ll learn to fix prices. Because that’s all that health care reform really is. It’s just price-fixing. Price-fixing works great in Cuba and North Korea and in rent-controlled apartments in New York. Everybody knows how easy it is to find an inexpen- sive apartment in a nice neighborhood in New York City. Another thing that gets me about Hillary is this: why is price-fixing such a great thing when she does it, but if a couple of business- men get together on a golf course that’s a big crime?
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