”It would be a little ridiculous for Democrats to have spent eight years trying to persuade people these are important issues and then get upset when the President of the United States agrees with you.”
-Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell (D., Me.), after President Bush laid claim to traditionally Democratic issues in his budget speech.
”We know of only one instance in which this was used for hunting. When a psychopath in California went hunting schoolchildren.”
-Sen. Howard Metzembaum (D., Ohio), on his bill to ban the sale of AK-47s and other assault rifles.
”I can become the media dark hole that absorbs all the negative feedback and allows our candidate for governor to go on to victory unscathed.”
-Former California Gov. Jerry Brown, on his new role as chairman of the state Democratic Party.
”I kept having a nightmare that I died and the obituary said I was the only NBA coach who never won a game.”
-Los Angeles Clippers coach Don Casey, on the team`s finally winning after losing the first eight games under his direction.
