Political Quotes

“I found this interesting. When my children were little, I would read fairy tales to them, and they especially loved ``Through the Looking-Glass'' and ``Alice in Wonderland.'' And listening to this speech, I thought of ``Through the Looking-Glass'' and ``Alice in Wonderland.'' It is interesting how President Obama gets blamed for everything. ``Oh, the approval rating of the Supreme Court has gone down.'' The majority of the Supreme Court Justices have been appointed or nominated by Republican Presidents. And we are going to blame President Obama because the Republican Justices, nominated by Republican Presidents, are bringing down the approval rating of the U.S. Supreme Court? According to my dear friend from Iowa--he is saying President Obama should be blamed for what those Republican Justices on the Supreme Court did. This is ``Alice in Wonderland.'' I don't care what happens; President Obama has to get blamed for it. Even if we have a hurricane or something, it must be President Obama's fault. But this is about as far a stretch as I've ever heard. If the approval rating of the court goes down because of the five Republicans who constitute the majority of it, it is about as farfetched as ``Alice in Wonderland'' to blame President Obama for it. Let's talk about facts. I like to talk about facts. It's the way Democrats have handled Republicans' nominees.…”