Political Quotes

“yesterday in Denver the President said, ``When the American President speaks, he must mean what he says.'' That is interesting coming from an administration that told us the Medicare bill would actually cost $395 billion, all the while knowing it would cost $540 billion. From an administration that said it would take less than 100,000 troops to secure the peace in Iraq and then fired General Shinseki, who told us the true number. From an administration that promised to leave no child behind but purposely left them $10 billion short. From an administration that said Iraq had reconstituted their nuclear capability, even though its own intelligence report said the opposite. From an administration that said a memo detailing al Qaeda's plans to attack the United States was historical and not a warning. From an administration that says it will cut the deficit in half while proposing $3 trillion in additional new spending. From an administration that said their economic policies would create 5.5 million jobs. We are only 2.6 million short. From an administration that promised a tax cut for everyone but failed to include a provision increasing the child tax credit for 6.5 million working families and military families. Mr. Speaker, this is a funny way to promise to restore truth and honesty to the White House.”