Political Quotes

“Madam President, you know when you are driving along and your children keep asking you, are we there yet? Are we there yet? That is an appropriate question. I would have thought we were there--until now. We heard about the agreement that was hammered out between the two leaders in the Senate and now all kinds of changes wanting to be made in the House of Representatives. The countdown clock is ticking. The ominous sounds of default are being heard. The stock market, the New York Exchange, has reacted accordingly. Up on Friday, up again a little bit yesterday on the hopes, but today with the new news, down--not a huge amount but a significant amount. It is reflective of this emotional roller coaster of what is at stake, which is the financial integrity of this country. Enough is enough. The ridiculousness ought to stop. Let's go back and look where we have been over the course of the last 2 weeks. All of this started with a shutdown of the Federal Government, of which there are untold stories of hardship and deprivation that are going on. That ought to be enough to spur people to action to stop the shutdown. What did the shutdown start with? It started because a small group in the House, maybe folks who would affiliate with the tea party, decided they want to take away the funding for the health care reform act, the Affordable Care Act. As a result, they forced this shutdown.…”