Political Quotes

“they said they ``deeply respect and support the men and women of our Armed Forces.'' I think the council did the right thing. They realized they should not mix up the Iraq war, which was brought to us by this President, and the warriors who fight it. There is a difference. They recognized that. I am very glad about that. You would think Senator DeMint would be very glad about that. He is not. He is still angry and he is still wanting to fight the battle of a couple weeks ago and not recognize the fact that this letter he was railing about, which offended him and many others, was never sent. That aside, the DeMint amendment is an attack on the rights of citizens to participate in free speech. There are a lot of things that go on in this country that I think are terrible; I think they are wrong, mean spirited, and hurtful. I think a lot of things, because we all have our own opinions on what is said. If every time I heard about some city councilman in some city in another State saying something I thought was offensive, that hurt our military, our seniors, disabled people, minorities or children, I came out here and said: Oh, my goodness, let's withhold funds from that city because of that city councilman, we would have quite a situation on our hands. State and local governments all across this Nation pass resolutions and measures that many of us don't agree with on a host of issues. Disagreements are part of the political discourse.”