Old Fogey's Quotes on Republicans

After all the election is just around the corner

"The taxpayer-financed, ostensibly nonpartisan meeting took on the air of political theater."
Carl Hulse, in NYT article, referring to a Senate subcommittee hearing on immigration in Aurora, CO
In Bellwether District, G.O.P. Runs on Immigration
[Ah, it's back to the old Republican standby of cultural warfare. How can a party that is so predictable still be so effective in partisan elections?]

“It’s probably the only thing in my life I’ve ever agreed with Hillary Clinton about.”
Rep. Jo Ann Davis, Republican of Virginia, criticizing Rumsfeld in a speech in mid-August
Rumsfeld Is a Political Target
[It appears some Republicans are going to use Rumsfield as a political lightening rod to deflect voter anger over the war, so they don't have to criticize the war itself. Clever bastards, aren't they?]

“Bin Laden and his terrorist allies have made their intentions as clear as Lenin and Hitler before them.”
King George, the Frat Boy
Looking to Elections, Bush and Democrats Spar on National Security
[A little history can be a dangerous thing. It ranks with statistics and the Bible as a source to prove anything. Also, I've studied Roosevelt, and Bush, you are no Roosevelt!]

". . . my bill was not authorized by the White House."
Heather A. Wilson (R-N.M.), sponsor of the main House surveillance bill
Republican Rift Over Wiretapping Widens
[Can you hear the little splashes of rats jumping ship?]