"[T]his election isn’t about the past or the present, or even the pluperfect conditional. It’s about the future, and Barack Obama loves the future because that’s where all his accomplishments are."
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Showing posts with label Quotes. Show all posts
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Ouch
From David Brooks:
Monday, May 19, 2008
The Text of Robert Byrds' Endorsement of O'Bama
A Parody of the Conscience of the Senate.
WASHINGTON, DC-89 year old Senator Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., the longest-serving Senator in US history and former Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, today announced his endorsement of Senator Patrick O'bama for the Democratic nomination for President. Senator Byrd’s statement follows:
"As people all across this great nation know, I have been one of the most outspoken opponents of the Bush Administration’s misguided war in Iraq and its saber rattling around the globe, when we should be worried about the threat of miscegenation here at home. People tell me that there's actually one running for president, but I can't believe anyone would vote for someone like that."
"With the Bush Administration's latest request to fund this on-going war in Iraq without any attempt to start bringing our troops home, the issue of the upcoming presidential contest has been weighing heavily on my heart. Just imagine, as well, all of the money that has been spent on those lesser races in the Middle East that could have been spent here. The loss of life continues and the sons and daughters of tens of thousands of American families remain in harm’s way every day, some of them even white."
"This Democratic primary campaign has been tough and competitive. I had no intention of involving myself in the Democratic campaign for President in the midst of West Virginia's primary election. But the stakes this November could not be higher, and besides, that crazy broad is married to a man they called the first black president. How could I support such a woman? She should go back to cooking and find her a nice white man who acts white."
"After a great deal of thought, consideration and prayer over the situation in Iraq, I have decided that, as a superdelegate to the Democratic National Convention, I will cast my vote for Senator Patrick O'bama for President. Both Senators Clinton and O'bama are extraordinary individuals, whose integrity, honor, love for this country and strong belief in our Constitution I deeply respect, especially the parts that guarantee that the laws of segregation are still legal."
"I believe that Patrick O'bama is a shining young statesman, who possesses the personal temperament and courage necessary to extricate our country from this costly misadventure in Iraq, and to lead our nation at this challenging time in history. Patrick O'bama is a noble-hearted Irish American patriot and humble Christian, who assures me that he's not a dirty Papist, and he has my full faith and support."
WASHINGTON, DC-89 year old Senator Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., the longest-serving Senator in US history and former Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, today announced his endorsement of Senator Patrick O'bama for the Democratic nomination for President. Senator Byrd’s statement follows:
"As people all across this great nation know, I have been one of the most outspoken opponents of the Bush Administration’s misguided war in Iraq and its saber rattling around the globe, when we should be worried about the threat of miscegenation here at home. People tell me that there's actually one running for president, but I can't believe anyone would vote for someone like that."
"With the Bush Administration's latest request to fund this on-going war in Iraq without any attempt to start bringing our troops home, the issue of the upcoming presidential contest has been weighing heavily on my heart. Just imagine, as well, all of the money that has been spent on those lesser races in the Middle East that could have been spent here. The loss of life continues and the sons and daughters of tens of thousands of American families remain in harm’s way every day, some of them even white."
"This Democratic primary campaign has been tough and competitive. I had no intention of involving myself in the Democratic campaign for President in the midst of West Virginia's primary election. But the stakes this November could not be higher, and besides, that crazy broad is married to a man they called the first black president. How could I support such a woman? She should go back to cooking and find her a nice white man who acts white."
"After a great deal of thought, consideration and prayer over the situation in Iraq, I have decided that, as a superdelegate to the Democratic National Convention, I will cast my vote for Senator Patrick O'bama for President. Both Senators Clinton and O'bama are extraordinary individuals, whose integrity, honor, love for this country and strong belief in our Constitution I deeply respect, especially the parts that guarantee that the laws of segregation are still legal."
"I believe that Patrick O'bama is a shining young statesman, who possesses the personal temperament and courage necessary to extricate our country from this costly misadventure in Iraq, and to lead our nation at this challenging time in history. Patrick O'bama is a noble-hearted Irish American patriot and humble Christian, who assures me that he's not a dirty Papist, and he has my full faith and support."
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Which Senator Said That?
“Lord, if only I could have talked with Hitler, all this might have been avoided.”
If you said Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton, Joe Biden, or even Chuck Hagel, you'd be wrong, but you'd know that. It was the quote used today by President Bush as he addressed the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem, discussing appeasement and the idea that all we need to do for there to be peace in the world is simply to talk to our enemies. It's an appropriate quotation, since so many of us believe that if we meet face to face with those whose stated desire is the destruction of our country and its way of life, they'll change their mind and love us.
Neville Chamberlain was had at Munich, and the entire world knows it. You can probably see the piece of paper that Hitler and Mussolini signed somewhere in the British or French archives (it's probably not on display in, say, the Czech Republic or Poland). People who are fanatics, Churchill observed, will never change their mind or the subject. And so it is with those who desire your death, destruction, or subjugation. You would think that Jimmy Carter would have learned that after the Soviets duped him on Afghanistan. Is it any different today? Apparently so, as all that stands between us and peace in our time is cowboy diplomacy.
The quote, by the way, was Idaho Republican Senator William Borah, an isolationist, made in 1939, as recorded in William K. Hutchinson's book Borah, 1961. Hutchinson records it made in a conversation with Borah. Apparently, Borah held himself in the same high regard as today's Congress does itself. Would that the rest of us felt the same, eh?
If you said Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton, Joe Biden, or even Chuck Hagel, you'd be wrong, but you'd know that. It was the quote used today by President Bush as he addressed the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem, discussing appeasement and the idea that all we need to do for there to be peace in the world is simply to talk to our enemies. It's an appropriate quotation, since so many of us believe that if we meet face to face with those whose stated desire is the destruction of our country and its way of life, they'll change their mind and love us.
Neville Chamberlain was had at Munich, and the entire world knows it. You can probably see the piece of paper that Hitler and Mussolini signed somewhere in the British or French archives (it's probably not on display in, say, the Czech Republic or Poland). People who are fanatics, Churchill observed, will never change their mind or the subject. And so it is with those who desire your death, destruction, or subjugation. You would think that Jimmy Carter would have learned that after the Soviets duped him on Afghanistan. Is it any different today? Apparently so, as all that stands between us and peace in our time is cowboy diplomacy.
The quote, by the way, was Idaho Republican Senator William Borah, an isolationist, made in 1939, as recorded in William K. Hutchinson's book Borah, 1961. Hutchinson records it made in a conversation with Borah. Apparently, Borah held himself in the same high regard as today's Congress does itself. Would that the rest of us felt the same, eh?
Friday, January 18, 2008
A Fine Friday Quote
It seems that Herschel Walker's new book carries the bombshell revelation that he has multiple personalities.
Upon finding this out, his former coach, Vince Dooley stated:
"That's all news to me," former Georgia coach Vince Dooley said in Friday editions of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "All I know is whatever personality he had when he had the football was the one I liked."
As reported by the AJC.
Upon finding this out, his former coach, Vince Dooley stated:
"That's all news to me," former Georgia coach Vince Dooley said in Friday editions of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "All I know is whatever personality he had when he had the football was the one I liked."
As reported by the AJC.
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