Political Quotes

“a contested election is a very difficult thing. It strains friendships, often friendships between Republicans and Democrats because we all have our political alliances and those are legitimate alliances, and we have our friends and we have our party loyalties and it makes sometimes for a difficult time when we have to decide who won a particular election. Sometimes these things become bitter and sometimes things are said that Members wish later they could have been left unsaid or have been retracted. The contest between former Congressman, my friend, Bob Dornan and our gentlewoman from California [Ms. Sanchez] is not about those two individuals. It is not about Bob Dornan. It is not about Loretta Sanchez. It is about something that is very near and dear to our Nation, to the basis for our democracy, and that is the principle of free and fair elections. Unfortunately in this election, as newspaper reporters uncovered, one organization registered to vote over 300 people. That one organization registered to vote over 300 people who did not have the legal right to vote. Those people who voted did not realize they were committing a felony when they voted. They were urged by political activists to do that, to vote.…”