Political Quotes

“I am pleased to be on the floor with my colleagues to honor our friend and our colleague, Johnny Isakson from Georgia. I could almost tell you he is probably hating this about now, but I want to get my two cents in. I don't need to read off his impressive resume or thank him for his service in the Georgia National Guard, his successful real estate business, his extensive public service, and all that he has done and accomplished in Congress. I want to talk about Johnny Isakson, my friend. You hear everybody in this body get up and we say: My colleague and my friend. Sometimes I am not sure we are really talking about friends, but I want to tell you, Johnny, I am not making this up. I am talking about you as my friend. I am not just being polite. You know me better than that. I will tell a little story, and he has heard me tell it, but when I was first elected to the House of Representatives in the year 2000, I was walking down the aisle, probably our first vote, had no idea really what I was doing, didn't know anybody in the 435-Member body, and I must have had it written all over my face because I was wandering, and this hand reaches out, and he says: Why don't you sit down here next to me, and we can talk about what is going on. That was my introduction to Johnny Isakson. We talked about what was going on on the floor. We talked about who his friends were.…”