Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Charlie Rangel should have remembered his Twain before writing a letter to the editor.
"Never argue with someone who buys ink by the barrel and paper by the ton."Charlie writes a letter of 712 words to the editors of the New York Times.
They answer by footnoting Charlie's letter and writing 1,542 words in response covering the notes, prefaced by a 234-word introduction.
Let it be a lesson.
