While I await the "Official" Transcripts, I thought
I'd post some of my favorite quotations (From both sides)
from this afternoon's proceedings...
[quote=Democrats]
Sen. TOM HARKIN - Iowa
-- "Standing in line for 10 hours to Vote in America is like
throwing acid in the face of Democracy"
-- "A system where software is kept secret has become the norm"
-- Stood up for a constitutional amendment guaranteeing Americans
a constitutional right to vote.
Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick - Michigan
-- "This is their right to speak through us about what happened to them on November 2nd"
-- "This has nothing to do with overturning the election, this is why we are sent here,
to represent, and that is what we're doing."
-- "Something was very wrong on November 2nd"
Rep. Jan Schakowsky- Illinois
-- "It is simply not sufficient to tell the losers in this election to get over it..."
-- "We cannot simply sit back and accept the results as though nothing happened..."
[/quote]
Meanwhile, the Republicans didn't seem to understand
and sounded largely like broken records.
[quote=Republicans]
Rep. Deborah Pryce - Ohio
-- "Wild Conspiracy theories"
-- "This tall tale"
-- "Baseless and Meritless Tactics"
-- "Partisan War..."
Rep. Roy Blunt
-- "Unquestioned by the Country"
-- "We need to get on with our job"
Rep. Keller - Florida
-- "Get over it."
-- "Michael Moore side..."
-- "Why are we here wasting time on silly movie Conspiracy Theories"
-- "Michael Moore, and those in the Michael Moore Wing"
Rep. Bob Ney - Ohio
-- "It is a sad day"
-- "There is no such thing as a perfect election"
-- "So called evidence"
Rep. Tom Reynolds
-- "It is a sad day."
Sen. George Voinovich - Ohio
-- "It is time to put this Election to rest"
-- "We need to stop wasting time and move on[...]"
Sen. Trent Lott
-- "an unfortunate beginning" (in reference to this congressional session)
-- "I don't think it merits any further response"
Rep. David Dreier
-- "No evidence whatsoever"
-- "There is no doubt that President Bush won"
-- "There is no evidence whatsoever to suggest that the results
of this election were anything but legitimate"
-- "This objection is without any merit whatsoever"
Rep. John Boehner - Ohio
-- "There needs to be a period of healing"
-- "..an activity without merit."
-- "I would ask my colleagues, let's put this behind us, and quickly"
Rep. Rob Portman - Ohio
-- "No election is ever perfect"
-- "We need to move on."
Rep. Tom Delay - Texas
-- "The purpose of this action is not justice, but noise"
-- "they have turned to what might be called the '`X-Files` Wing' of the democratic party"
-- "Partisan waste of time"
-- "It is an assualt..." "It is a threat..."
-- No voter disenfranchisement occured in 2004 or 2000 (WTF?!)
-- "This is a direct attack to undermine our Democracy"
-- "A dangeroud precident is being set here today..."
-- "They hurt the house, they hurt the Nation, and they hurt rank and file democrats..."
-- "This petition is beneath us"
-- "Let's get back to the real work the American people hired us to do"[/quote]