Political Quotes

“I know the Senator from Oklahoma says this is political season. We are in the Senate. Every day of our life is political season. That is what we do. That is what we do for the American people. That is what we do for the people of the State of Nevada, the people of Oklahoma, the people of North Dakota, and the people of Missouri. I agree with my friend's statement, there is no showing of weapons of mass destruction. True. The point is, this is serious business. This is not trying to determine what happened at half time at the Super Bowl. This is looking at the situation involving the security of this Nation and actually the security of this world. We should have an independent commission, bipartisan in nature. Everyone agrees with that. I personally do not like the parameters of what the President set forth. It does not establish what needs to be done. But the purpose of this discussion today with Senator Dorgan and this Senator from Nevada is the commission, as set up as an independent bipartisan commission, is tainted. As I indicated earlier, it is not only tainted, it is smeared. Why? Because the President chose as the cochair of this commission a man who is one of the most partisan zealots in the history of this country. So this commission can never render anything of substance that will be accepted in this country because of this man being the cochair. I suggest, get him off. If he had any care about this country, he would resign.”