Quote(s) for the week.

1) "Paris Hilton could ride a bicycle in a bikini through Anbar [province] with McCain's protection."
- An NBC news reporter, on Senator McCain's well protected trip to Iraq. McCain was protected by armed soldiers, tanks and helicopters and returned to tout the safety of Iraq.

2) "Afghanistan is marked by growing unrest and instability. In the Middle East, besides some signs of hope in the dialogue between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, nothing positive comes from Iraq, torn apart by continual slaughter as the civil population flees."
- Pope Benedict, xvi, delivering his Easter Sunday sermon.

3) "This is the right to assemble, the right to free speech - they didn't have that under the former regime, this is progress, there's no two ways about it."
- Col. Steven Boylan, a U.S. military spokesman and aide to the commander of all U.S. forces in Iraq, praising the peaceful nature of the ant- USA demonstration marking the fall of Baghdad.

4) "This is the most mishandled, artificial, self-created mess that I can remember in the years... I've been active in public life."
— Newt Gingrich, blaming U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for "Prosecutorgate".

5) "That's some nappy headed 'hoes' there ... ."
- Don Imus, in an unprovoked and malicious racial attack at the mostly Black women of the Rutgers Basketball team.

6) "You can’t expect to attend an opponent’s fund raiser on Thursday and then come to work for us on Friday."
- Jennifer Brislin, Press Spokesperson for the Richards/Brown gubernatorial ticket, in a "no kidding" attempt at explaining the firing of Larry Townsend, the ticket's Campaign Manager who attended a fund-raiser for the Lunsford/Stumbo gubernatorial ticket.

7) "Our party deserves better."
- Anne Northup, urging the GOP to choose her as the party's flag bearer, rather than her opponent, Gov. Fletcher, because of the merit hiring scandal.

8) "This was a political witch hunt. There's no question about that ... ."
- Gov. Fletcher, responding to Anne Northup's statements about the merit hiring investigations.

9) "It's important for the administration to follow the law."
- Billy Harper, who wanted to "stay out of the fray".

10) "I told you so!"
- Larry Birkhead, announcing what to many was already obvious, that the DNA results confirmed he is the father of Anna Nicole Smith's daughter, and hopefully putting an end to the tawdry Anna Nicole Smith affair.

11) "There has been much discussion of the effect language like this has on our young people, particularly young women of color trying to make their way in this society. That consideration has weighed most heavily on our minds as we made our decision."
- CBS President and Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves said, as quoted by the AP, on the firing of Don Imus after his Rutgers' Basketball players' racist rant.

12) "A woman's right to choose should end when she decides whether or not to have sex."
- Kentucky Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Gatewood Galbraith, on a women's right to choose abortion, as quoted in the Lexington Herald-Leader.

13) "These comments are indicative of greater ills in our culture. It is not just Mr. Imus, and we hope that this will be and serve as a catalyst for change. Let us continue to work hard together to make this world a better place."
- Rutgers' Womens' Basketball Coach, Vivian Stringer, announcing that her team has accepted Don Imus' apology for calling the women "Nappy-headed 'hos".