Paul Begala actually said...

"This is not slavery. This is not civil rights. This is whether we should subsidize air travelers in Ely, Nevada."

"I think it's a monstrous thing. I think it's a terrible thing."

"This obsession on the debt ceiling -- and it's an artificial contrivance -- we just created that as a country -- has distracted from what a lot of people think is a bigger problem, and that is jobs, g..."

"I think it's a route. I don't support their agenda. But if it's cutting taxes and spending, good Lord, this thing is a route."