Political Quotes

“my friend from Utah--and he is my friend; I think the world of him--has a unique argument: Who lost the surplus? I never heard that until he talked about it. I think we all know who lost the surplus. He never answered that question. And then the unique observation is: It never existed. We never had a surplus. Talk about Alice in Wonderland. About a month ago--actually it was in August--I went on a family vacation. I had not read ``Alice in Wonderland'' for a long time. I read ``Alice in Wonderland,'' and there are a lot of strange things that go on in that little girl's life when she takes this strange odyssey. But part of that is, as the Senator from Utah mentioned, Alice in Wonderland, because the statements he has just made really are--I say this respectfully--illogical and illusionary. They simply do not exist. The fact is we have, in the Bush economic record, weak economic growth, record job loss, declining business investment, a falling stock market, shrinking retirement accounts, eroding consumer confidence, rising health care costs, escalating foreclosures, vanishing surpluses, higher interest costs, raiding Social Security, record executive pay, and stagnating minimum wage. In the Bush world, everything that should be up is down, and everything that should be down is up. Job losses should be down; they are up. Health care costs should be down; they are up. Foreclosures should be down; they are up. The national debt should be down; it is up.”