Sunday, August 01, 2004

Quote of the Day: "Gigli" actor Ben Affleck complained at a rally that the Bush tax cuts had saved him $1 million. From the NYT: “We asked Mr. Affleck if he had considered sending the $1 million back to Washington. "No," he said. "I'm not Jesus Christ of the tax code. I can't completely martyr myself."”

By the way, the same link has a story on how the press is hopelessly liberal – shocking, I know!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

i would assume $1 million is pocket change to him. surely giving it back wouldn't be such a hardship?

-samkit

me said...

Isn't 'martyr oneself' an oxymoron? Unless you count murderous jihadi suicide bombers, martyr generally implies someone doing something TO you. Maybe Ben was too enervated by the convention to think straight.