Political Quotes

“you can learn a lot about a person by the way he handles winning, and you can learn even more about someone by the way he handles and accepts defeat. Tom Daschle does not know that I know this, but I saw an e-mail he sent recently to someone on his staff. Tom Daschle was concerned about a man with whom he talked one day late in the campaign when he was calling undecided voters in his home State of South Dakota. The man was not rich or powerful. He was just an average South Dakota citizen. This man used to work for the Government. He received many awards at his work. This is what Tom Daschle wrote in that e-mail: One day, the man started to suffer extreme stress and even depression. The psychiatrist told him he had to retire from his work . . . under a medical discharge. Afterwards, (the government) denied him a medical retirement. They said it can only be for physical reasons. He was denied medical access and retirement pay. He has since also had a heart attack. He asked me for help in getting a medical retirement. I told him we would be happy to try and would follow up. Tom Daschle in his e-mail went on to say: Could you have someone contact him and look into this? It just doesn't seem right. The date on that e-mail was November 8, 6 days after the election, 6 days after what had to be one of the most heartbreaking losses in his life.…”