Political Quotes

“Barry Goldwater was a proud, conservative Republican. Many credit him as being the father of the modern conservative movement in this country. He defended his conservative ideas and ideals vigorously. But he didn't attack his political adversaries personally. And he didn't like it when others did. Barry Goldwater once said of the radical right, ``If they disagree with you one bit, you're a no-good S.O.B.'' That is Barry Goldwater's world. Something tells me Barry Goldwater would dislike very much the character-assassination campaign being waged by the Republican National Committee against the Democratic leader of this Senate, Harry Reid. This morning, the Senate began debate on a controversial plan proposed by our Republican colleagues, under a time agreement negotiated by Senator Reid--Democrats are not filibustering this proposal. We came to work this morning to discover this article. The lead story in this morning's Roll Call is ``RNC Turns up Heat on Reid.'' The RNC is sending out a 13-page ``research document'' on Senator Reid to 1 million journalists, donors, and grassroots activists'' accusing Senator Reid of obstructionism and other imagined grievances.”