Category: Verbatim

Verbatim

Buck Banks

I wasn’t surprised, but not really. I mean, just a little, but not much.

— Alvin Greene (D), in an interview with Mother Jones, when asked about winning the Democratic nomination to challenge Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) this fall with no website, lawn signs, or fundraising.

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Buck Banks

It’d be a disaster for the Republican party.

— GOP operative James Lacy, quoted by Politico, on Orly Taitz (R), most famous for spending the last two years challenging Barack Obama’s citizenship records, who is now seeking the Republican nomination for California secretary of state.

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Buck Banks

Sometimes desperate people say desperate things, and it’s very sad.

— Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (I), on allegations by indicted former Florida GOP chair Jim Greer’s attorney that Crist knew about the shell organization set up by Greer to steal money from the Republican Party of Florida.

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Buck Banks

When you have an agenda that’s never-ending … you lose the attention and focus of the people. We have probably done that.

Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), quoted by Bloomberg, arguing that Democrats should not force votes on energy and immigration legislation this summer.

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Jon Ponder

After the last eight years, it’s great to have a president who knows what a library is.

– Sir Paul McCartney, after performing for the Obamas at the White House.

Like millions of other Americans, I have always had a good impression of Paul McCartney and thought of him as a classy guy, but I was surprised and disappointed by the lack of grace and respect he displayed at the White House. I hope he’ll apologize to the American people for his conduct which demeaned him, the White House and President Obama.

– House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH), who obviously can’t handle the truth.

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Trish

You’ve got to keep a cool head in order to win a hot game.

— U.S. Senate candidate Gov. Charlie Crist (NPA), commenting on the importance of his leadership in helping Florida deal with the BP oil spill disaster. It’s unclear what actions, if any, Crist has taken in the crisis outside of accepting federal relief, and calling upon BP to provide more compensation to Floridians affected by spoiled beaches, fisheries, and habitat. Crist already accepted $25 million from BP to promote tourism and has asked for another $50 million to cover additional state expenses.

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Trish

We already got one raghead in the White House, we don’t need a raghead in the governor’s mansion.

— South Carolina state Sen. Jake Knotts (R), explaining why he hopes Rep. Nikki Haley, whose family is Sikh but is herself now a Methodist, will lose the Republican governor’s primary on Tuesday.

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Buck Banks

Well I didn’t know she has big biceps like me. But you know I don’t pay any attention. This is just politics … You know I laugh at all those things.

— California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R), in a forthcoming Fox & Friends interview, responding to a Steve Poizner (R) attack ad which seeks to compare Meg Whitman (R) to the muscle-bound Austrian.

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Buck Banks

I want to see my president not in a suit in Washington, DC. I want to see him down on the Gulf Coast, not just for a day of photo shoots, but on the job, leading the effort. When he’s not there, I want Joe Biden there, I don’t want him in Africa going to a soccer game. Let’s show some leadership.

— U.S. Sen. George LeMieux (R-FL), Charlie Crist’s handpicked Senate placeholder … at least that was the original plan.