Political Quotes

“I rise today to clarify a matter that has been somewhat taken out of context. I know my good friend, the majority leader, was asked this morning about comments the Senator from Delaware allegedly made speaking to the New York Council on Foreign Relations, which surprised me the question was asked. I was informed that a high-ranking Republican on the House side put out a statement--and I am sure he did not understand the context-- suggesting I implied Americans were high-tech bullies who were bombing Afghanis, and we should be fighting on the ground and not bombing. I want to assure my friend from South Dakota, in his response to the question, he was correct. I did not say anything like that. I will read from the transcript from the New York Council on Foreign Relations speech. I was asked by a gentleman, whose name I will not put in the--well, his name is Ron Paul, whom I do not know, who says: I concur with everybody else in commending you on your comments, and he goes on. Then he says: With regard to the bombing, every day it goes on the harder it may be for us to do something next, referring to rebuilding Afghanistan.”