“What you’re going to see is a great debate. Which is what the American public deserves. None of this negative stuff, though. You won’t see it come out of our side at all.”

–Cindy McCain, Today Show, May 8, 2008

‘If you get involved in a major ground war in the Saudi desert, I think support will erode significantly. Nor should it be supported. We cannot even contemplate, in my view, trading American blood for Iraqi blood.” {New York Times Aug 19, 1990}

Dennis Kucinich? Al Sharpton? Ted Kennedy? Nope!

John McCain said this in 1990.

John McCain: “Against the war…before he was for it.”

HT: Cliff Schecter

“You look at it race by race, it was close. The cumulative effect, however, was not too close. It was a thumping.”

– President Bush at a press conference this afternoon.

Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) is at it again. Running his mouth…

Republican Sen. Conrad Burns, whose recent comments have stirred controversy, says the United States is up against a faceless enemy of terrorists who “drive taxi cabs in the daytime and kill at night.”

Oh man. His campaign staff must be pissed! Here’s the rest of the story.

From Political Wire:

“I can self-destruct in one sentence. Sometimes in one word.”

– Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT), quoted by the Billings Gazette, acknowledging “that he has the ability to say things off the cuff that can hurt him politically.”

Fortunately, Burns’ staff can self-destruct in one sentence too!

From Political Wire:

“Losing a political election is a very painful, emotional experience, in part because it is so visible and in part because we politicians are so competitive. Like a professional athlete whose success or failure is witnessed by a crowd of spectators, a politician ‘performs,’ if you will, in public. Unlike an athlete, however, his success or failure is directly determined by the audience. They don’t just boo or cheer. They vote you in or out. We candidates are, after all, seeking their approval. If it is denied, that is clear and it hurts. You can’t help taking it personally.”

– Senator Joeseph Lieberman (D-CT), in his book In Praise of Public Life published in 2000.

But…in the meantime…Lieberman is a…hypocrite!