Political Quotes

“That is right. You were with Senator Durbin and voted for that. Most Republicans voted against that. My liberal friend Dick Durbin voted for that. The reason I mention that is because Simpson-Bowles wanted to arrive at a savings of $4 trillion, as I understand it. We have already done $2\1/2\ trillion. It is not as if we haven't done anything. I would also talk about my friend from Oklahoma. I know he is smart, and I understand that, but just because you are smart doesn't mean you are always right. We have a situation where this country has been driven by the tea party for the last number of years. When I was in school, I studied government and I learned about the anarchists. They were different from the tea party because they were violent. But they were anarchists because they did not believe in government at any level, and they acknowledged that. The tea party kind of hides that. They do not say we are against government, but that is what it amounts to. They are not doing physically destructive things to buildings and people directly, but they are doing everything they can to throw a monkey wrench into any form of government, whether it is local, State, or the Federal Government. That is what it is all about. So anything they can do to throw a monkey wrench into the wheels of government, they are happy doing that. And I am sorry to say my friend from Oklahoma is helping them, maybe not directly but indirectly, and that is wrong. Government is not inherently bad.…”