Political Quotes

“we have just heard a tit-for-tat, convoluted version of history that the majority leader uses to justify steering the Senate toward one of the lowest moments in its long history. Might does not make right. ``You did something wrong, so we can do something wrong'' is no justifications when the rights of the American people are at stake. The Republican majority is steering the Senate toward one of the lowest moments in its long history. The Republican majority is on the precipice of making a colossal and historic mistake, and the damage it does to this Chamber will be irrevocable. After thwarting the constitutional prerogative of a duly elected Democratic President to appoint a Supreme Court Justice because it was an election year, the Republican majority is rushing to confirm a Justice for a Republican President 1 week before election day. Consistency? I am afraid not. You don't have the right to argue consistency when you are doing what you are doing now. Four short years ago, all of our Republican friends argued that it was a principle--that was the word they used, ``principle''--to let the American people have a voice in the selection of a Supreme Court Justice because an election was 8 months away. Those same Republicans are preparing to confirm a Justice with an election that is 8 days away.…”