Political Quotes

“there is something else troubling about this. The gentleman from Hawaii (Mr. Abercrombie) is correct and he is right to be personally offended by the lack of disclosure. And it is also clear from this article that a lot of money is being spent to influence the gentleman from Hawaii and me and the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Delahunt) and every other Member of Congress, and we have a right to know who is being paid to influence us and what the subject matter is. But the fact that this article also demonstrates that the Bush administration is pushing three different people to be the next leader of the Iraq government leads to the following question: What does come next in the larger governance question? We know that Paul Bremer has been advocating on behalf of the Bush administration this concept of caucuses, that when the Bush administration leaves Iraq on June 30, at least the civil authority is pulled out, that Paul Bremer has been pushing for caucuses to take the place of direct elections and somehow lead to a representative form of self-government for Iraq. The problem is none of the Iraqis like that idea. The head of the majority Shiite Muslims do not like that idea. The Kurds do not like that idea. That is not going to happen.…”