Quote(s) for the week (U. S. and world version).
1) "It's not true, but it is something that I have no control over. People will say what they want to say."
- HILLARY CLINTON, on the rumors that she is a lesbian.
2) "The U.S isn't so mighty anymore."
- Toronto resident BRIAN LEE, on the Canadian dollar reaching parity with the U.S. dollar for the first time since 1976.
3) "The problems were so severe that I fear they could represent a culture of corruption."
- Rep. IKE SKELTON, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, after military officials announced Thursday that $88 billion in contracts and programs were being audited for "financial irregularities".
4) "Get back behind that line, Mr. Bush, before some of your supporters mistake your dangerous transgression for a call to further politicize our military."
- MSNBC anchor KEITH OLBERMANN, blasting the U.S. President for "pimping" General David Petraeus amid increasing criticism for the war in Iraq.
5) "All of us in America want there to be, you know, fairness when it comes to justice."
- President GEORGE W. BUSH, on anti-racism protests in Jena, La., following the arrest of six black teens in the beating of a white classmate.
6) "[We will retaliate] against Musharraf and those who help him, and for all the pure and innocent blood."
- OSAMA BIN LADEN, rallying his supporters against Pakistan's president in a new video message.
7) "I think I got a B in Econ 101. I got an A, however, in keeping taxes low."
- PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH, in a press conference Thursday morning.
8) "You can always tell when the Republicans are getting restless, because the Vice President's motorcade pulls into the Capitol, and Darth Vader emerges."
- HILLARY CLINTON, on Dick Cheney's recent visit to the Capitol.
9) "We sound like we don't want black people to vote for us."
- JACK KEMP, former Republican Congressman, criticizing his party's presidential candidates for skipping debates on minority issues.
10) "I learned early on that if you don't want your memos to get you in trouble some day, just don't write any."
- Vice President Dick Cheney, who added that his "files are pretty thin".
11) "The cockiest guy I have ever met in my life."
- VICENTE FOX, Mexico's former leader, describing President George W. Bush in his new memoir, Revolution of Hope, due out next month.
12) It is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil."
- ALAN GREENSPAN, former chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, in his new memoir, The Age of Turbulence.
13) "Judge Mukasey seems to be the kind of nominee who would put rule of law first and show independence from the White House, our most important criteria."
- Sen. CHARLES SCHUMER, on the appointment of Michael Mukasey as the new U.S. Attorney General.
- HILLARY CLINTON, on the rumors that she is a lesbian.
2) "The U.S isn't so mighty anymore."
- Toronto resident BRIAN LEE, on the Canadian dollar reaching parity with the U.S. dollar for the first time since 1976.
3) "The problems were so severe that I fear they could represent a culture of corruption."
- Rep. IKE SKELTON, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, after military officials announced Thursday that $88 billion in contracts and programs were being audited for "financial irregularities".
4) "Get back behind that line, Mr. Bush, before some of your supporters mistake your dangerous transgression for a call to further politicize our military."
- MSNBC anchor KEITH OLBERMANN, blasting the U.S. President for "pimping" General David Petraeus amid increasing criticism for the war in Iraq.
5) "All of us in America want there to be, you know, fairness when it comes to justice."
- President GEORGE W. BUSH, on anti-racism protests in Jena, La., following the arrest of six black teens in the beating of a white classmate.
6) "[We will retaliate] against Musharraf and those who help him, and for all the pure and innocent blood."
- OSAMA BIN LADEN, rallying his supporters against Pakistan's president in a new video message.
7) "I think I got a B in Econ 101. I got an A, however, in keeping taxes low."
- PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH, in a press conference Thursday morning.
8) "You can always tell when the Republicans are getting restless, because the Vice President's motorcade pulls into the Capitol, and Darth Vader emerges."
- HILLARY CLINTON, on Dick Cheney's recent visit to the Capitol.
9) "We sound like we don't want black people to vote for us."
- JACK KEMP, former Republican Congressman, criticizing his party's presidential candidates for skipping debates on minority issues.
10) "I learned early on that if you don't want your memos to get you in trouble some day, just don't write any."
- Vice President Dick Cheney, who added that his "files are pretty thin".
11) "The cockiest guy I have ever met in my life."
- VICENTE FOX, Mexico's former leader, describing President George W. Bush in his new memoir, Revolution of Hope, due out next month.
12) It is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil."
- ALAN GREENSPAN, former chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, in his new memoir, The Age of Turbulence.
13) "Judge Mukasey seems to be the kind of nominee who would put rule of law first and show independence from the White House, our most important criteria."
- Sen. CHARLES SCHUMER, on the appointment of Michael Mukasey as the new U.S. Attorney General.
Labels: Quote for the week
posted by KYJurisDoctor at 3:02 PM
2 Comments:
Jack Kemp should've run for higher office again in 2000. Sure it would've taken courage to resist the emergent Bush/GOP machine at that time, but he is one person with the clout to have pulled it off.
Good observation.
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