Old Fogey's Quotes for Wednesday

''We are unaware of any prior instance where a world leader who worked against the interests of the United States was afforded such an honor."
20 Democrats, including Rep. Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, regarding Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Maliki's speech before Congress
Skeptical Congress to Host Iraqi PM

“I don’t think the American people support throwing Grandma in jail because she embraced her granddaughter and said, ‘Oh my God, I’m worried that your dad may hurt you if you tell the truth.’ ”
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California), regarding Senate passed legislation making it a federal crime to help an under-age girl escape parental notification laws by crossing state lines for an abortion.
Senate Removes Abortion Option for Young Girls

"Rather than requiring a speedy trial for enemy combatants, the draft proposal says they 'may be tried and punished at any time without limitations.' Defendants could be held until hostilities are completed, even if found not guilty by a commission."
David S. Cloud and Sheryl Gay Stolberg in NYT article on legislation drafted by the Bush administration setting out new rules on bringing terror detainees to trial
White House Bill Proposes System to Try Detainees

“We as a community have said for a long time that this is a big social problem right now. A lot of us are tired of the climate question being set up as a bigger conflict than it is.”
Kerry A. Emanuel, a climatologist at MIT on global warming's effect on hurricanes
Climate Experts Warn of More Coastal Building

"The dream of creating a government committed to the welfare and security of all Iraqis is slipping away, and it will take more than another good-will visit to get it back. "
NYT editorial
Editorial: A Long, Bad Six Weeks

"Alberto Gonzales is achieving something remarkable, even miraculous, as attorney general: He is making John Ashcroft look good."
Ruth Marcus, in WaPo editorial
Ashcroft Nostalgia

"I haven't heard talk like this from the legal establishment since Richard Nixon's executive excesses during Watergate."
Dick Polman in Philadelphia Inquirer blog regarding the ABA report on presidential signing statements
Dick Polman

"Their outlook [mid-term elections] thus far seems so ominous for the G.O.P. that one presidential adviser wants Bush to beef up his counsel's office for the tangle of investigations that a Democrat-controlled House might pursue."
Mike Allen in Time magazine
Mike Allen