Political Quotes

“as we bring this 104th Congress to an end, I look at the pieces of legislation that the Republicans are so proud of, the fact that they brag about bringing the Members of Congress under all of the laws that the rest of the Nation are under. Well, that was the very first bill that I introduced back at the beginning of the 103d Congress. And they are so proud, of course, of the fact that they passed the Kennedy-Kassebaum bill, even though Senator Kennedy, who was one of the authors of the bill, is one of the liberals they love to hate. They are so proud of the fact that they were able to raise the minimum wage and indeed that was something that Senator Kennedy, the liberal that they love to hate, also put forward. It kind of reminds me of the politician who is talking to the farmer, and he is bragging about all the things he did, and he noticed the smile on the farmer's face, and he says, ``Why are you smiling?'', and the farmer points out the fact that the politician is standing in a big, fresh cow pie and he says, ``I think you are melting.'' I think indeed as the bucket brigade from the Republican side walks around talking about how they saved us from all of the ice that was delivered to our offices, that they better look around, because I think they are melting.”