Political Quotes

“every morning when I get up, I go out and do my exercise. It takes about an hour. I usually listen to public radio. I am anxious to hear the news in the morning to see what has happened. This morning, hearing the morning news was very distressing. It was a terrible day both at home and abroad in Iraq. A coordinated suicide bombing killed--we don't know how many at this stage--at last count, about 70 and injured at least 120. We don't know how many, but 120 will die. It happened in a crowded Baghdad shopping district. A couple days ago, another attack killed 26. A few weeks ago, a horrifying suicide attack on Shiite pilgrims killed about 100. This doesn't take into consideration the kidnappings, the small bombings, and other acts of terror that take place in Iraq every day. Although it may have receded from the front pages of our newspapers, there is no doubt the Iraqi civil war wages on, with no end in sight. There are 150,000 brave young Americans in that far-off land policing another country's civil war. Our troops are shouldering an enormous burden of the war, but all Americans are suffering the consequences. We are now spending $12 billion a month on that war. That is more than $400 million every day, $17 million every hour. In my short remarks here, we will wind up spending about $5 million in Iraq.”