Quotes for the week.

Here are quotes for this week:

1) "Senator Trent Lott [once ousted as a Senate leader due to accusations of racial insensitivity] won election... as Senate Minority Whip. [He] was disappointed to learn this doesn't mean he gets to whip minorities."
- Seth Myers' attempt at humor on Saturday Night Live.

2.a) "It's worse than a civil war. In a civil war, you at least know which factions are fighting each other. We don't even know that anymore. It's so bloody confused.”
— A senior Iraqi government official commenting on the obvious, a few hours after a National Security Council spokesman, Gordon Johndroe, denied Iraq is in a civil war.

2.b) "I can say that Iraqi forces will be ready, fully ready, to... command its own forces, and I can tell you that by next June our forces will be ready."
— Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, giving hope to millions of Americans

3) "I have always been an underdog and a long shot. I've always been inspired by the stories of ordinary citizens who worked hard, overcame adversity and succeeded."
— Gov. Tom Vilsack, the Iowa Democrat, in a statement that should inspire many of us, announcing his run for the presidency.