I write today about John Kerry’s dismissal of the public–you know, those boobs who don’t have the sense to get with Obama’s program. At the end of the column, though, I apparently have a White House rug problem. An e-mail:

Hi Rich, The quote you cited from Mo Udall was actually a “borrowed” line. The original was from Dick Tuck in 1966 after losing a race for California State Senate (he came in third, with about 10% of the vote). The original quote was: “The people have spoken – the bastards.”

Another e-mail:

Rich,
The quote may have been inspired by Davy Crockett’s:
“Since you have chosen to elect a man with a timber toe to succeed me, you may all go to hell and I will go to Texas.” Crockett liked the line so much he worked it into his speech he made at various stops on his journey to Texas, so it exists in a number of forms, but I think this is the original.