Paul Begala actually said...

"This is like -- Lincoln told a story about the man who murdered his parents and then threw himself on the mercy of the court because he was an orphan."

"If all of the $8 billion, $8 billion of earmarks in this bill, if they're eliminated, instead of a deficit of $1.3 trillion, we'll have a deficit of $1.292 trillion and at that pace, we will pay off t..."

"Yes. I think any congressionally-directed spending is an earmark. Now I don't think all earmarks are bad at all, as long as they're transparent, disclosed, subject to debate."

"But when the Republicans had the House, the Senate and the White House they destroyed all of our fiscal discipline."