Quote(s) for the week.
1) "Ernie made a very compelling argument for how he would clean up the mess in Frankfort. I didn't know he was going to go create his own mess."
- Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Bruce Lunsford, on why he supported Gov. Fletcher's 2003 campaign and is now running against him.
2) "I have to say, the governor delivering chili brings a new meaning to giving out pork."
- Billy Harper, Republican challenger to Gov. Fletcher, reacting to the chili Fletcher brought to the Jessamine County GOP chili event.
3) "I did something very conservative. If the General Assembly does what I ask ... we will have the highest rainy day fund ever."
- Gov. Fletcher on his request for $150 million be put in the state's "rainy day fund."
4) "Jeff Hoover and I have stepped forward after hearing a call from Republicans across the state who wanted an electable alternative."
- Republican gubernatorial candidate, Rep. Anne Northup, reacting to Larry Dale Keeling's piece as published in the Lexington Herald Leader, which the campaign used as a basis for a campaign mail piece.
5) "I know what Gingrich tells people privately, I know what DeLay tells people privately, I know what Karl Rove tells people privately ... . I'm the one person they are most afraid of. Bill and I have beaten them before and we will again."
- Braggadocio from Hillary Clinton, Democratic Presidential candidate.
6) "The intelligence has gone cold on Osama bin Laden."
- Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry, the former commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, in a remember him? remark to CNN's Wolf Blitzer.
7) "On abortion, I was not always a Ronald Reagan conservative. Neither was Ronald Reagan, by the way. But like him, I learned with experience."
- Former Massachusetts Governor Mitch Romney, announcing his bid for the White House, while attempting to "Reaganize" himself in order to stifle criticism that he is not conservative enough to win the Republican Presidential nomination.
8) "Lunsford put his own personal interests ahead of the best interests of Kentucky, and that’s something no Kentucky working family should forget. UMWA members and their families certainly haven’t."
- The United Mine Workers of America International President, Cecil E. Roberts, on the groups lack of endorsement for Lunsford/Stumbo ticket, a day or so after the United Steelworkers Local 14851, with about 3,000 members statewide endorsed the same ticket.
9) "We know that they have good judgment because if they didn't we wouldn't be here."
- Rep. Derrick Graham, D-Frankfort, on the wisdom of allowing Kentucky voters to vote on a constitutional amendment to limit the Governor's pardoning power in 2008.
10) "Steve's a person with extraordinary possibility and promise, but he's a person who has a problem with the truth."
- Leslie Holland, former staff member for Steve Henry, describing the Democratic gubernatorial candidate.
- Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Bruce Lunsford, on why he supported Gov. Fletcher's 2003 campaign and is now running against him.
2) "I have to say, the governor delivering chili brings a new meaning to giving out pork."
- Billy Harper, Republican challenger to Gov. Fletcher, reacting to the chili Fletcher brought to the Jessamine County GOP chili event.
3) "I did something very conservative. If the General Assembly does what I ask ... we will have the highest rainy day fund ever."
- Gov. Fletcher on his request for $150 million be put in the state's "rainy day fund."
4) "Jeff Hoover and I have stepped forward after hearing a call from Republicans across the state who wanted an electable alternative."
- Republican gubernatorial candidate, Rep. Anne Northup, reacting to Larry Dale Keeling's piece as published in the Lexington Herald Leader, which the campaign used as a basis for a campaign mail piece.
5) "I know what Gingrich tells people privately, I know what DeLay tells people privately, I know what Karl Rove tells people privately ... . I'm the one person they are most afraid of. Bill and I have beaten them before and we will again."
- Braggadocio from Hillary Clinton, Democratic Presidential candidate.
6) "The intelligence has gone cold on Osama bin Laden."
- Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry, the former commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, in a remember him? remark to CNN's Wolf Blitzer.
7) "On abortion, I was not always a Ronald Reagan conservative. Neither was Ronald Reagan, by the way. But like him, I learned with experience."
- Former Massachusetts Governor Mitch Romney, announcing his bid for the White House, while attempting to "Reaganize" himself in order to stifle criticism that he is not conservative enough to win the Republican Presidential nomination.
8) "Lunsford put his own personal interests ahead of the best interests of Kentucky, and that’s something no Kentucky working family should forget. UMWA members and their families certainly haven’t."
- The United Mine Workers of America International President, Cecil E. Roberts, on the groups lack of endorsement for Lunsford/Stumbo ticket, a day or so after the United Steelworkers Local 14851, with about 3,000 members statewide endorsed the same ticket.
9) "We know that they have good judgment because if they didn't we wouldn't be here."
- Rep. Derrick Graham, D-Frankfort, on the wisdom of allowing Kentucky voters to vote on a constitutional amendment to limit the Governor's pardoning power in 2008.
10) "Steve's a person with extraordinary possibility and promise, but he's a person who has a problem with the truth."
- Leslie Holland, former staff member for Steve Henry, describing the Democratic gubernatorial candidate.
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