February 8, 2012
Archive: Verbatim
The only thing I have not been accused of in all these over-hyped descriptions of my relations with women, with the opposite sex, the only thing they have never accused me of is being gay. I have nothing against homosexuals, let it be clear. Quite the contrary. I always thought the more gay people around, the less competition.
— Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, in an interview with The Atlantic.
It’s a badge of honor that Romney has decided to try to destroy us.
— Rick Santorum adviser John Brabender, quoted by Byron York, on Romney turning his guns on the former Pennsylvania senator.
Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive.
— Vice President Joe Biden, quoted by Maureen Dowd, repeating a line he’d heard to sum up what his party should campaign on.
I know he walked away with the hard drives in Massachusetts. But the video from the primary campaign is going to be hard to erase.
— David Axelrod, quoted by the Washington Post, noting that Mitt Romney is going to have a hard time tacking back to the center for the general election.
I’m going to just keep on plodding away, very persistent. And you know what? One of the things about being president is you get better as time goes on.
— President Obama, in a pre-Super Bowl interview with Matt Lauer.
If Romney truly wants to be president, he sure as heck should not be dismissive of the nation’s poor. In fact, he should be willing to listen to them, understand how hard many of them work and determine what policies he can advance that will help them graduate from poverty to the next level.
– CNN’s Roland Martin, reflecting on Mitt Romney’s statement that, “I’m not concerned about the very poor. There’s a safety net there, and if it needs repair I’ll fix it.”
I’m not going to comb over that question!
- White House spox Jay Carney, declining to respond after a reporter asked if Pres. Obama had sought Donald Trump’s endorsement.
I cannot as a physician and advocate for women’s health continue to be a part of the organization if it continues in this direction. A big part of what Komen does is reach underserved communities of women. With this decision, they’re not living up to this mission.
– Dr. Kathy Plesser, a member of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation’s New York medical advisory board, explaining why she will resign if the foundation doesn’t reverse its decision not to fund grants for mammograms performed through Planned Parenthood. Komen said it pulled its funding because rightwing Rep. Cliff Stearns (R – Fla.) is holding hearings on whether Planned Parenthood complies with federal abortion restrictions. The outcome of the investigation is immaterial, according to founder Nancy Brinker, a George W. Bush appointee, who says the mere fact of any investigation is enough to end aid. The Komen Foundation has in the past sued other groups supporting breast cancer research for the use of the color pink and the word, “cure.”
I’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs a repair, I’ll fix it.
— Mitt Romney, quoted by CNN.
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