Host Bill OâReilly: âDo you think President Clintonâs an honest man?â Dan Rather: âYes, I think heâs an honest man.... I think you can be an honest person and lie about any number of things.â -- Exchange on Fox Newsâs âThe OâReilly Factor,â May 15, 2001.
"I would think that if you understood what Communism was, you would hope, you would pray on your knees, that we would someday become communists." Jane Fonda
* Bill Moyers says that Republicans are planning "the deliberate, intentional destruction of the United States of America."
Seems a minor broohaha has been raised regarding Mitt Romney's lie about his dad, the late Michigan Gov. George Romney. In a major speech on faith and politics earlier this month in Texas, Mitt Romney said: "I saw my father march with Martin Luther King." Then he made a similar claim Sunday during an appearance on NBC's 'Meet the Press' where he said, "You can see what I believed and what my family believed by looking at our lives. My dad marched with Martin Luther King." Unfortunately, when dates and facts were checked it turns out it didn't happen, his pop never marched with M.L. King. Okay, we all make mistakes, but the very best was when Eric Fehrnstrom, spokesman for the Romney campaign, tried to explain things away by saying about Mitt's statements, "He was speaking figuratively, not literally."
The Union Leader, a conservative Republican newspaper with the widest circulation of any publication in New Hampshire made a surprising and devastating attack on Romney with this December 26th editorial: "Granite Staters want a candidate who will look them in the eye and tell them the truth....Mitt Romney has not. The more Mitt Romney speaks, the less believable he becomes.... Mitt Romney has spent a year trying to convince Granite Staters that he is [trustworthy]. It looks like they aren't buying it. And for good reason."
Mike Huckabee on the Tonight Show Wednesday night (day before the Iowa caucus) on why he's doing well against Romney: "People are looking for a presidential candidate who reminds them more of the guy they work with rather than the guy that laid them off."
Long time Republican campaign consultant and advisor Ed Rollins (who has been the Huckabee campaign chairman since December) on negative advertising: "The negatives feel good. It's like being a boxer when you're young. To me, hitting somebody, knocking somebody down, is a great feeling. Firing out a negative ad just feels amazing."