] "The truth is that for reasons that have a lot to do
] with the U.S. government bureaucracy, we settled on the
] one issue that everyone could agree on, which was weapons
] of mass destruction as the core reason."
] - Paul Wolfowitz, quoted by Tim Russert on 'Meet The
] Press, NBC, 06-01-03
]
] "Quit looking at the symbols. Get out and get a job.
] Quit shooting each other. Quit having illegitimate
] babies."
] - State Rep. John Graham Altman (R-SC), addressing
] African-American concerns about the 'symbol' of the
] Confederate Flag, New York Times, 01-24-97
]
] "Two things made this country great: White men &
] Christianity. The degree these two have diminished is in
] direct proportion to the corruption and fall of the
] nation. Every problem that has arisen (sic) can be
] directly traced back to our departure from God's Law and
] the disenfranchisement of White men."
] - State Rep. Don Davis (R-NC), emailed to every
] member of the North Carolina House and Senate, reported
] by the Fayetteville Observer, 08-22-01
]
] "NOW is saying that in order to be a woman, you've
] got to be a lesbian."
] - Pat Robertson again, The 700 Club, 12-03-97
]
] "Why should we hear about body bags and deaths and
] how many, what day it's gonna happen? It's not relevant.
] So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like
] that?"
] - Barbara Bush, said on 'Good Morning America' the
] day before the Iraq war started, New York Times, 01-13-03
]
] "I'm the commander - see, I don't need to explain -
] I don't need to explain why I say things. That's the
] interesting thing about being the President. Maybe
] somebody needs to explain to me why they say something,
] but I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation."
] - George W. Bush, Washington Post, 11-19-02
]
] These quotes, and about a thousand others equally as
] preposterous, can be found in a new book by Bruce Miller
] and Diana Maio titled 'Take Them At Their Words.' The
] next time our valiant conservative leadership bemoans the
] "corruption and fall of the nation," remember that, by
] and large, these bemoaners are the clowns who have been
] running the circus for the last several years.
]
] A few are also up for re-election in 2004. Bear that
] in mind.

Great list goes on at this page.

] "I'm the commander - see, I don't need to explain - I
] don't need to explain why I say things. That's the
] interesting thing about being the President. Maybe
] somebody needs to explain to me why they say something,
] but I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation."
]
] - George W. Bush, Washington Post, 11-19-02

[ That about sums it up right there. There are quite a few excellent (enraging) quotes from hypercons in here. For the sake of balance, i'd like to see what the conservatives would come up with if they tried a similar list. If only to confront the possibility of my own hypocracy, it'd be interesting to see what quotes they could find to demonize the liberals. I'd like to think they don't exist, because most liberals in positions of power aren't quite as insane. -k]

] "I'm the commander - see, I don't need to explain - I
] don't need to explain why I say things. That's the
] interesting thing about being the President. Maybe
] somebody needs to explain to me why they say something,
] but I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation."
]
] - George W. Bush, Washington Post, 11-19-02

Some of these quotes provide incite into the speaker. Some are not suprising. Some, when put back in context, don't mean what you are lead to think they mean. A few are less questionable then the others. They are all entertaining.