Political Quotes

“also, I think we should look at how the press feels about this split throughout the Western part of the United States. I think it is fair to say that most all the press is opposed to the split. I say this, not based upon the newspapers being all of a liberal persuasion, because I think that, for example, if you take the Arizona Republic, I think it has been accused of a lot of things, but certainly it does not have a liberal bias. They wrote in an editorial on November 10, 1995, among other things: The bill can best be described as a case of unwarranted political meddling in the Federal judiciary . . . The bill is a wolf in sheep's clothing. What it's really about is a perceived liberal bias that comes from domination of the district by--guess who?--California. The agenda of the bill's backers is less geared toward the efficient administration of justice than it is to isolate California. It goes on to state what a bad idea it is to split this.”