Political Quotes

“Sometimes you get the impression that it is almost un-American to work toward common ground, to try to resolve differences, to have some give and take, to realize that there is no party that has a monopoly on truth. There are insights we both have to offer, and that we could work together surely to protect the full faith and credit of the United States. Surely, as is the case with your veterans, workers there in Connecticut, I had the same experience in Austin, TX. Some of our Veterans' Administration employees were there working without pay; others, denied the opportunity to work, were actually in the process back in December of developing a food bank, not for people outside of the Veterans' Administration, but just so there would be food at Christmastime and before Christmastime for those who serve the men and women who risk all in order to protect this country. The whole notion that we could be here even today debating whether or not we would risk the full faith and credit of the United States about whether or not people that serve our veterans, whether it is in Connecticut or in Texas or anywhere else, might be facing another situation where they are worried about having a food bank instead of serving our veterans, would be, you know, it would--it just sounded like another crackpot idea. But now crackpotism seems to be in up here.”