The Detroit Free Press has an interesting letter to the editor today (Dec. 12, 2008) about a fund-raiser that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell held in Detroit in 2006.
Turns out McConnell came to the Motor City to raise money -- asking auto industry officials for $1,000 apiece for lunching with him at Opus One.
Wrote one of the poor saps who ponied up the money, "If this is his way of 'paying back' his friends from the auto industry, you gotta say: With friends like this, who needs enemies?"
Who would have thought American business leaders would lump the Republican Party in with their enemies?
I wonder how much more money auto industry execs have spent over the years supporting Republican causes, or given the rump nature of the Republican Party these days, perhaps we should say Southern causes.
How long will their memories be? Will the welcome mat be out for GOP presidential contenders in 2012 looking for cash to fuel their campaigns? Or for national GOP senatorial campaign committees in 2010?
I don't think so, but maybe I'm wrong.
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