Paul Begala actually said...

"In fact the guy who wrote the Patriot Act, Jim Sensenbrenner, very conservative right-wing Republican from Wisconsin, Congress Sensenbrenner says that this is excessive and un-American."

"We cannot simply have a one-part test, does this work? It must also be, is this consonant with our values as a free society?"

"No is the short answer. No. I do want my government to protect us from terrorism. I do. But there has got to be a less intrusive alternative than getting the data of every single cell phone call, both..."

"I have no doubt that Barack Obama would be appalled by this in the past. And I would like to know why he's doing it in the present."