Political Quotes

“I might say what a red herring this question is of where a recruiter's office is. If you have people who want to serve in the military, they can usually find them. Our youngest son joined the U.S. Marine Corps directly out of high school--a brilliant young man who wanted to serve his country. So I asked him again the other day, just to be sure. I said: Mark, now, was that recruiter at the high school or on campus? He said: Oh, no, Dad. We didn't have anything like that. I said: How did you find it? He said: Well, I got out the telephone book. I looked up the address: downtown Burlington. He told me exactly where it was. I know the area. I walked down there and joined the U.S. Marine Corps. Frankly, and obviously, my wife and I are very proud of him. He served honorably. I cannot help but think for just about everybody I know who joined the military, if you asked them: How did you do this, they would say: Oh, I checked where the recruiter was and went and joined or I was at an event somewhere where somebody was speaking, and I heard about it and joined. So this is probably the biggest red herring. I have been here for debates and votes on every single member currently serving on the Supreme Court and some who have since retired from the Supreme Court. I have heard a few red herrings over the years, never one like this. Mr. President, during the 3 months that this nomination has been pending, Senators have made many statements about Solicitor General Elena Kagan.…”