Political Quotes

“Of course. But one last point I want to make on this that is also humorous is that while the news spin was that these were, in fact, clearly not fund-raisers, and indeed nothing in the tape shows the President saying, ``give me the money,'' that is true, it is not there, what is there is the understanding of the people who attended. The understanding of the people who attended is quite clearly shown on a tape for which they accidentally released the audio. And you know what it is? It is this gentleman in the audience saying, ``Hey, I got the checks. I got the checks.'' As a matter of fact, the White House spin is, ``Well, these were not fund-raisers because the DNC official in the room turned the checks down.'' Now, I mean, I am certain this is one lost soul who happened to make it to these coffees and had the mistaken notion that he should be offering up these five checks. Clearly, he was a mistaken soul. The fact that there was a DNC official who said, ``Wait until later; wait until later,'' I am certain these were not fund-raisers. Thank goodness the White House has come forward. The last point I want to make: Because the White House has been so incredibly forthcoming, I am certain that within minutes of when we discover there are over 150 events, take away the 44, 106 events, the White House will be forthcoming.…”