Political Quotes

“Madam President, I rise today to talk about the disturbing leadership failure we are seeing out of the White House. Over the past year the President and his administration have seemed increasingly out of touch with the many challenges facing our country at home and abroad. Two weeks ago the President's spokesman told reporters, ``I think that there have been a number of situations in which you have seen this administration intervene in a meaningful way that substantially furthered American interests and substantially improved the tranquility of the global community.'' Let my repeat that. ``Substantially improved the tranquility of the global community.'' Well, fighting is going on right now in Israel and the Gaza Strip. Russia is actively involved in a war in Ukraine and recently played a role in bringing down a Malaysian airliner with 298 people onboard. Iraq is virtually in chaos. Much of the country is under the control of a terrorist organization considered by al Qaeda to be too extreme. Those are just some of the most serious trouble spots that we face right now. Yet the President's spokesman claims that ``there have been a number of situations in which you have seen this administration intervene in a meaningful way that have substantially improved the tranquility of the global community.'' Not only can I not think of a number of situations in which the President's action has substantially improved tranquility, I find it hard to think of one.…”