Political Quotes

“----and bobbing and weaving. And you cannot do that as President. Listen, a lot of people opposed the war, and I understand that. That's not the point here. The point is there is a pattern of deception: on one side of the issue one day, and another side the next. And you cannot do that in the Oval Office. I think, I know a lot of the media don't like this. I know a lot of our friends in the media don't like this. In fact, I like these hats, ``Annoy the Media. Reelect Bush.'' Let me divert for a minute. Have you ever seen a year where they have their own seminars, ``Have we been fair?'' They know very well they haven't, but we're going to win without them. Listen, before you get too angry about this, share my frustration about it, please grant amnesty to the good guys: the photographers, the guys carrying the boom mikes. Somebody stuck them with the American flag the other day. These are our friends. They are good people. Don't harass them. Save your rile for those that aren't here, those Sunday talk show people, those guys that are telling us how we're going to vote. But you know, I mentioned the draft. Even today we have new evidence, an affidavit that when Governor Clinton first ran for office his friends used special connections to seize his ROTC file and destroy all others. He's got to level with the American people on this kind of thing. But it's not just the draft. You know my differences with him on organizing demonstrations. Look, people objected to the war. But I make a distinction: When your brothers or your peers are in a jail in Hanoi, or kids are being drafted out of the ghetto to go into that war that was not a popular war, I simply think it is wrong to go to a foreign country and organize demonstrations against the United States of America. And that's what he did. And all his apologists out there, all these talking heads say, oh yes, but it was 23 years ago. Okay, if it was wrong to do that, just say so. If you make a mistake, admit it. I have done it, and that's what you have to do as President of the United States. But the pattern continues. One time he's for the North American free trade agreement; another he started to be against it, then in the debate say, ``Well, I'm for it, but I will make some changes.'' You cannot have a lot of ``buts'' in the Oval Office. You've got to call them as you see them. Term limits, CAFE standards, whatever it is, he's got a position for whatever audience he's talking to. And I really mean this, you lose all credibility as President if you try to do that on every issue. And let me finish this little start, this little beginning here by saying, here's what he said on the war. It was a tough decision, tough time for our country. People were divided. And here's what Governor Clinton courageously said about the time I had to make this decision. He said, ``I agree with the arguments the minority made, but I guess I would have voted with the majority.'' What kind of waffle iron is that? Audience members. Boo-o-o!”