Quote(s) for the week.

1) "The President was badly served by the Vice-President, but mostly of all by the [former] Secretary of Defense [Don Rumsfeld]."
- Situation Room news Anchor, Wolf Blitzer, interviewing Vice President Dick Cheney and trying to get him to react to the above statement by Sen. John McCain.

2) "Whatever you voted for, you did not vote for failure. Our country is pursuing a new strategy in Iraq and I ask you to give it a chance to work."
- President George W. Bush, appealing for a chance for his Iraqi "surge" to work, in his State of the Union address.

3) "I know my mom would take me to see it. You have to prepare your children for things that happen in the world. Everything isn't rosy."
- Dakota Fanning, 12, in a controversial rape sequence in her new movie Hounddog, showing Hollywierd at its best!

4) "Anne is a true conservative who is able to appeal to voters, even in the most liberal part of state."
- Senator Jim Bunning, on Anne Northup, whose campaign for Governor he endorsed last week.

5) "Billy Harper represents the only candidate for change. He wants to shake up the politics as usual in Frankfort and Washington, D.C. A lot of these endorsements seem to be examples of that."
Stan Pulliam, Harper campaign manager, reacting to Bunning's statement.

6) "We will be making some recommendations to the General Assembly this year, and we hope that sends a strong message to Ford Motor Company that we're ready to help them turn the company around and become profitable again."
- Gov. Fletcher, on news of Ford Motor Co.'s financial woes, out of concern that Kentucky's economic future may be severely damaged if the auto manufacturer closes its Louisville plant.

7) "You can put them all in a bag and shake them up and they'll all come out looking like Pringles potato chips. They've all been part of the problem."
- Gubernatorial candidate, Gatewood Galbraith, on his rivals in his Democratic party.