Political Quotes

“I say to my friend, the answer is yes. Yesterday, I got a copy of an editorial from a newspaper in Nevada, a newspaper out of Fallon, NV. In 1998, I got 21 percent of the vote in that county. I have said before, a homeless person could have gotten that many votes in Churchill County, but that is how many votes I got. So I got the editorial and it said, ``Stop Mr. Smith.'' As we know, there are some ads running that show the great movie with Jimmy Stewart as Mr. Smith coming to Washington to give a long speech as a Senator. I said: I will read it. I read that editorial. It was so magnificent. I ask unanimous consent I be allowed to have that printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Shut up, Mr. Smith (By Glen McAdoo) Nevada, April 25.--Remember when you were a kid and there was always at least one whiner on the block who had to win at all costs? If you were playing baseball and the whiners got three strikes they wanted to change the rules in the middle of the game so they could have at least four strikes. Furthermore they wanted to call the balls and strikes themselves. If, by miracle, they finally did strike out, becoming the third out, they wanted to change the rules so that their team got four outs. Remember those whiners? They would pout and cry or jump up and down and scream bloody murder until they got their way. Remember them? Well, they are still around.…”