Quote(s) for the week.

1) "If Charlie wants to be the nominee, then we want him to be the nominee because of the finances he brings to the table."
- Kentucky Democratic party chair, Jerry Lundergan, on Charlie Owens' desire to challenge Senator Mitch McConnell for the Senate in '08.

2) "In half a century, I have not seen a president so isolated from his own party in Congress -- not Jimmy Carter, not even Richard Nixon as he faced impeachment."
- Syndicated Columnist, Robert Novak, on President Bush.

3) "I swear to God, I don't know what I'm voting for... ."
- Egyptian house painter, Hassan Abdel Salaam, voting in a referendum on constitutional amendments that critics say could seriously erode human rights, not much different from reaction of voters in many parts of the United States!

4) "Money is not free speech. Money is property."
- Senator John McCain on the McCain/Feingold campaign law.


5) "Anybody that’s receiving $140,000; and a Chevy Tahoe — it’s a nice vehicle; has state police protection; has a $2,500 housing allowance, owes the people of Kentucky a check"
- KY Senator Julian Carrol, on a Senate floor speech renewing his call for Lt. Governor Steve Pence to resign.

6) "Should I resign because I don’t support a governor who has been indicted, issued pardons, taken the Fifth Amendment and started a secret defense fund?"
- Steve Pence, on why he is resisting calls to resign.

7) "Steve Pence is a man of great character. We should perhaps take a good look at ourselves before we start throwing rocks at others."
- Sen. Tim Shaughnessy, D-Louisville, responding to Senator Carroll’s floor speech.

8) "I often said if I had his voice, I'd be president of the United States today."
- Senator John McCain (R-AZ), admiring former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson, a current "Law and Order" star, who is considering a presidential run and, most likely, ending McCain's run.

9) "The distinction between 'political' and 'performance-related' reasons for removing a United States attorney is, in my view, largely artificial."
- Kyle Sampson, former chief of staff to the U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, defending the decision to fire eight federal prosecutors (U. S. Attorneys).

10) "A year ago my approval rating was in the 30s, my nominee for the Supreme Court had just withdrawn, and my vice president had shot someone. Ah, those were the good ol' days."
- President George W. Bush, poking fun at himself at a journalists' dinner on Wednesday.

11) "If we win, as we must, we can again rebuild the Democratic Party in Kentucky. If we lose, the Democratic Party in Kentucky will have great difficulty coming back in my lifetime."
- KY Senator, Julian Carroll, endorsing the ticket of Lunsford/Stumbo and inadvertently revealing why he has continued to attack Lt. Gov. Steve Pence, a critic of Gov. Fletcher.

12) "The time has come for an experienced prosecutor who will put doing the job before political consideration."
- Commonwealth Attorney Linda Talley Smith, Boone County, taking a jab at the current occupant of the Office while endorsing commonwealth Attorney, Tim Coleman for Attorney General.

13) "I don't know"
- Former Chief of Staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, repeating the above phrase 122 times!, in answers to Congressional questioning in "Prosecutorgate" -- a possible record.