Political Quotes

“I make a friendly wager that maybe quite a few of those people voted twice. I think the Senator from New York has raised a point we did not adequately address. It was a point raised by the Senator from Montana who said there has to be a more effective way of getting those voters no longer living in the State off the rolls. That causes confusion. In Montana they have many people who come in and register while they are at college, then move away. If we are going to go back and compromise again, I told some people yesterday this compromise on election reform is like loading frogs in a wheelbarrow: I keep thinking I have a half wheelbarrow full, and I come back with the frogs and the wheelbarrow is empty. We need to be able to clean up those rolls. Eight years means there is a lot of confusion and a lot of opportunity. We will be happy to work on that. The second point the Senator from New York has pointed out is there may well be voters in New York who do not have a driver's license. Granted. When I lived in New York, I was scared to death to drive. I was scared to death of taxicabs, but I sure wouldn't take a bike. I did not keep a car in New York City when I lived there. They may not have a paycheck. Some of them don't even get a government check of any kind.”