”Nobody can say that I wasn`t a good administrator.”
-Former Mayor Jane Byrne, in announcing she`s running for clerk of Cook County Circuit Court.
”I`ve done some dumb things and I`ll do some dumb things again. I`ve done some dumb things as a senator and some dumb things as a lawyer.”
-Sen. Joseph Biden Jr. (D., Del.), after admitting to the unattributed use of rhetoric from other politicians in his speeches.
”I don`t understand the argument at all. It`s as though they`ve invented a reverse West Point honor code in which it is forbidden to point out sins.” -Robert Shrum, speechwriter/consultant to Rep. Richard Gephardt (D., Mo.), on the criticism that some of Sen. Biden`s presidential rivals may have leaked word about his plagiarism.
”I invite you to watch this idiot do it.”
-Rev. Jerry Falwell, preparing to descend a water slide fully clothed in celebration of a successful PTL ministry fund-raising drive.
