Ronfinger--He's The Man, The Man Who Is Out Of Touch

Or…life imitates Ian Fleming. In the 1964 film version of Goldfinger, James Bond has this exchange with the eponymous Gert Frobe, after he describes his plan to invade Fort Knox to 007:

Bond: You’ll kill 60,000 people uselessly.

Goldfinger: Hah. American motorists kill that many every two years.

John Stephenson spots Ron Paul uttering a surprisingly similar dismissive quote concerning a real-life terrorist incident that had nothing to do with SPECTRE, SMERSH, or Hollywood:

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul contends that the federal government has overreacted by limiting personal freedom in the wake of terrorist attacks six years ago, noting more people die on U.S. highways in less than a month