Paul Begala actually said...

"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."

"I think there was very little framework under Bush. In fact, the guy who wrote the Patriot Act, Jim Sensenbrenner, very conservative right-wing Republican from Wisconsin, Congressman Sensenbrenner say..."

"I think this fight over gun safety is a direct frontal assault on a fixed position by the NRA."