Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlelady. Bond rating houses have already predicted that if we have a short- term fix to the debt ceiling here in the House today, we risk the downgrading of the creditworthiness of this country. Now, the GOP has proved itself fundamentally ill-suited to governance on this issue. They were for a big deal before they were against it, they were against a short-term fix before they were for it, and at least two walkouts from negotiations they asked for. They can't accept a ``yes'' from the United States Senate getting what they wanted in the proposal: $2.2 trillion in cuts, no revenue, and a fix through 2012, providing the very certainty just in the last campaign cycle they preached about forever. So why would they insist on this plan, a short-term fix that actually cuts less spending? Speaker Boehner said, ``to make sure the Democrats don't prevail in the Senate or at the White House.'' That simple. And that cynical. It is no coincidence that the Republicans chose the clip from ``The Town.'' The topic has Ben Affleck talking about, ``We're going to harm some people.'' And his colleague jumps up and says, ``Whose car are we going to use?'' Reportedly, in the Republican caucus, somebody jumped up and said, ``I'll drive the car.'' I'm afraid that's true. They're willing to drive the car to harm some people today. Though what they forgot to tell their caucus was that that scene is about a group of people plotting a crime.…”