“The Air Force says go do something amazing, and I think I pretty much did it.”
–Air Force Staff Sgt. Michelle Manhart, who posed for the February issue of Playboy
“I think low oil prices are good for everybody that doesn’t make oil and the market is starting to realize that not everyone makes oil.”
–Scott Merritt of JPMorgan Asset Management, on rising stock prices
“I fully understand they could try to stop me. But I’ve made my decision, and we’re going forward.”
–President Bush on the possibility that a Democratic Congress could try to stop him from sending more troops to Iraq
“You shouldn’t be asked to choose between Jesus and Dr. King, a man who stood for our fight for humane working conditions.”
–Keith Ludlum, a Smithfield Foods Inc. worker, upset that the hog-slaughtering company makes workers choose between having Easter or Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a paid holiday
`I’d rather lose a campaign than lose a war.’
–Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), admitting that his support of the military surge in Iraq could cost him the presidency
