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Archive for January, 2008

“You know the former president, who I think all of us have a lot of regard for, has taken his advocacy on behalf of his wife to a level that I think is pretty troubling”

“He continues to make statements that are not supported by the facts — whether it’s about my record of opposition to the war in Iraq or our approach to organizing in Las Vegas”

“This has become a habit, and one of the things that we’re going to have to do is to directly confront Bill Clinton when he’s making statements that are not factually accurate”

“Oprah is a traitor”

“I don’t think Oprah is a ‘traitor’, but I do think she may be alienating a lot of her fans”

“All the rude and hateful messages on here can’t be from Oprah fans, someone’s campaign is sabotaging the message boards”

“Was he inebriated?”

“Do you even know anyone who owns a Zune?”

“I have said over and over again I’m against Yucca”

“I’m against Yucca Mountain. I think the science is not there. I’ve never, I’ve never been for Yucca. Never been for it. Never said I was for it”

“Suddenly you’ve got the Clinton camp out there saying, ‘He’s for Yucca.’ What part of I’m not for Yucca do you not understand?”

The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself, and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all

With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations

Hat Tip: Suitable For Mixed Company

“What I think, fundamentally, is that, between the media and the two candidates, a lot is being stirred up. What I assume she was trying to say is that a president needs leadership and vision. I don’t believe her intent was to diminish my dad”

“I was very excited about the fact that Senator Obama was able to win the Iowa primary. I think that was extremely significant.”

“I’m not endorsing anyone at this point. You don’t ever want to say you’re not going to, but some of that will be a family decision”

“I’m overcome by nostalgia”

“We are just trying to make my mom’s campaign more accessible to people”

“We want to make sure that young people feel like the campaign is talking about issues that you care about and is delivering its plans and ideas in a way that resonates with you”

“You cannot expect people to believe in the promise of a better future when they are jailed for peacefully petitioning their government”

“And you cannot stand up a modern, confident nation when you do not allow people to voice their legitimate criticisms”

“We know from experience that democracy is the only system of government that yields lasting peace and stability”

“Every time I come here I feel good, because I am not only among friends, I am also among the best of the labor movement in this country, right here in this room”

“I’m running because I don’t want to do business as usual”

“People say ‘Well, he may have good ideas, he may be inspiring, but he hasn’t been in Washington long enough.’ They want to season and stew me until they boil all the hope out of me, like everybody else”

On the one hand, you have the Reagan revolution. You have the Reagan coalition of limited government and strong national security. On the other hand, you have the direction that Governor Huckabee would take us in.

Eight years is a pretty long time to get a check from the federal government and not be able to say he passed a major bill

“I can out-poor any of them. “I grew up under more modest circumstances than anybody on that stage”