The Stupid Things They Say

"We are inarguably facing more terrorists now than there were when we started." Molly Ivins, columnist

Yes, that's right folks. ALL of the terrorists we are facing today were born AFTER 9/11 and AFTER the start of the war in Iraq. Who knew that 3 and 4-year olds could be so difficult.
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"President Bush continues to see the war through the same rose-colored glasses he's always used. He assures the American people we are winning, while the lives of our troops hang so perilously on the precipice of a new disaster." Sen. Ted Kennedy

Mary Jo Kopechne could not be reached for comment.
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"I was told that an entry level person at Wal-Mart, who works his or her entire career at Wal-Mart, would make as much as the CEO makes in two weeks. A lifetime of work versus two weeks in the executive suite - this is not America, this is not fairness, this is not the basis of a strong middle class that is essential for our democracy. We must change that in our country." Rep. Nancy "The Communist Manifesto" Pelosi

The very idea that the hired help should make as much as the boss is "stupid" defined. I say that she should immediately start paying all her employees exactly what she makes.
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"This is President Bush's war. When he went into the war, he went against the advice of his father and the whole administration. He went against the advice of many of his milirary commanders." Rep. John Murtha

President Bush had the approval of Congress, including that of Mr. Murtha.
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"Imagine what would happen if it were announced tomorrow . . . that Rumsfeld was fired. It would energize, energize the rest of the world. They'd be willing to help us. It would energize American forces. It would energize the political environment." Sen. Joe Biden

So now it's Rumsfeld's fault. It's no longer all Bush's fault? I certainly didn't get that memo.
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"Hamas now wishes to consolidate its political gains, maintain domestic order and stability, and refrain from contacts with Israel. It will be a tragedy if it promotes or condones terrorism." Jimmy Carter

Hamas is a terrorist organization which lists the destruction of Israel as one of its goals.
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"You think everyone over there is a college graduate? They're 19 and 20-year old kids who couldn't get a job. You know, the soldiers are not scholars, they're not war experts . . . They're not the best people to ask about the war because they're gonna die any second." Richard Belzer, actor

These 19 and 20-year olds are fighting and dying so that spoiled, self-absorbed, second-rate actors can spout their bilge thinking the world is hanging on their every word.
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"It feels to me that we have an opportunity . . . to choose understanding in a new way. And it really is just a breath. It's just an agreement that's just a breath. We are not far apart. We can choose to have this alternative kind of growth that is a collective nuance of understanding. We are just that breath away from a peaceful co-existence." Sharon Stone, actress

What?
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"Members of the Hollywood community should not be apologetic, but proud - proud to have provoked conversations, proud to have challenged ignorance and proud to have helped shape our history for the better." Barbra Streisand

Ditto.