Political Quotes

“Madam President, I do not have any more speakers on our side. I wanted to respond on a couple of issues that have come up here in the remarks in the last several minutes, last hour and a half, I guess, since we have been here. First, having to deal with the idea that somehow under the National Mediation Board when there is an election for a union that it is permanent. Now, right. I mean, my friend from Georgia is right. You cannot kind of compare it to Senators, because we have to run every 6 years. I understand that. I think it is still holds, though, that should someone who does not vote be counted as a no or a yes either way--I would ask my friend from Georgia to think about this in terms of not elections for Senators but how about ballot initiatives? We have school bond issues, and school bond issues get, maybe, what, 30 percent of the vote out. Should all of the people who do not vote be counted no against a bond issue? I do not know about my friend's State of Georgia, but I know in Iowa we have retention ballot initiatives for our judges. We have a very good nonpartisan, nonpolitical way of getting judges. But then the judges come up on the ballot every so often. Yes or no, should they be retained? They do not have to run against anybody and no one runs for a judgeship. But should they be retained? Well, obviously not too many people vote on that. Should people who do not vote be counted automatically as a no vote? I do not think people would like that.…”