] "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.

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