Murphy's Blog

Mike Murphy, the monkey in charge of Dennis Miller's CNBC abortion talk show, is back at the full-time job he never left, political consultant to Arnold Schwarzenegger. And he's blogging. Badly.

Today's topic? Thank you donors. A story: I was with a rich guy the other day who offered to give a million dollars to Arnold's reform campaign. I was a little too lost in the moment... thinking about Dr. Evil and the One Milllllllion Dollars phrase and all to really reflect on it at the time but I did have a quiet minute to think afterwards, and got all sappy and well, I just want to thank our donors. (No, you cynics, it is not because we consultants are making ton of money here. We are all working away on reform drone wages. Our political consultant union bosses would be shocked at our vig, believe me.)

Show us your 1099s, Mikey.

The guy with the million bucks didn't always had a million bucks. Once, he had nothing. But he hit the American Dream. He is giving
this reform campaign money -- and their are many others like him -- because he wants a better California. He doesn't want anything from the state or from you. He doesn't want to take your tax money and spend it on something that will him richer or more powerful. He doesn't want a special break or deal or something named after him. He just wants the next poor kid like him to go a decent school, learn something, and have the same shot at the top that he did. And he knows the system is broken, and when it is broken it is the people without much money who get hurt the worst. So he wants to give a million dollars to try to make things better.

So what's the guy's name? Mikey doesn't say.

It's not here, either.

Maybe Dennis Miller could donate some jokes to Murphy's blog. Or maybe he already has.

(Link via the new Speak Out California weblog.)