Political Quotes

“I've been rather mystified over the reaction to the recent election by many Democrats. Since the November election, when a political opportunity arises, some on the other side of the aisle shout out words like ``fraud'' and ``sham.'' If they aren't doing that they demean what the people in the red states did on Election Day and call them insulting names. If this all seems to be the reaction of a shell-shocked party who has lost any vision and has moved to a vicious attack cycle--it is. The hard truth is that 58 million people voted for President Bush. And the even harder truth is that the majority of this country voted for President Bush, no matter how you try to confuse it. No proven allegations of fraud. No reports of widespread wrongdoing. It was, at the end of the day, an honest election. My concern with this protest, is its overtly partisan nature. I notice that my colleagues are quick to criticize the vote in Ohio, a state that the President carried. Yet we have heard little about potential problems with voting in states that Senator Kerry won. Rumors of voter problems have been reported in states other than Ohio, including my own state of Pennsylvania. But the focus today seems to only be on a state carried by President Bush; and that leads me to believe that today's protest is about the outcome not about the process. I believe a good deal of the reason for the last election is the failure of the left to produce a vision.”