[Social engineering]: “I am concerned, as I’m sure many of you are, that these jobs not simply go to high-skill people who are already professionals or to white male construction workers. I have nothing against white male construction workers. I’m just saying that there are a lot of other people who have needs as well…” –former Labor Secretary Robert Reich
[From the peacenik files]: “I have believed for some time that military power is no solution to terrorism. … So let me suggest a truly audacious hope for [the Obama] administration: How about a five-year time-out on war — unless, of course, there is a genuine threat to the nation?” –former presidential candidate George McGovern advising Obama on appeasement
[Mindless hope]: “I know just coming back from Egypt and Abu Dhabi and other places in Europe that the world is so happy that we’ve changed direction. They’re so hopeful. They are as hopeful as we are, and they are really impressed with the American people that they have taken on this guy and that uh, he’s going to be — they hope, managing things in a different way.” –actress Susan Sarandon
[Thugs for Obama]: “He is a man with good intentions; he has immediately eliminated Guantanamo prison, and that should be applauded. I am very happy and the world is happy that this young president has arrived … [We] welcome the new government and we are filled with hope.” –Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez on Obama
[Looking for a one-way plane ticket to Gaza]: “Yes, I do. I think [Hamas can be trusted]. Because of their own self-interest. Not because they’re benevolent or kind or that sort of thing. But yes, I do. I think they can. And they’ve never betrayed any commitment that they’ve made to me or publicly, as a matter of fact.” –chief Village Idiot Jimmy Carter
