I liked gravy poured on top of a big glob of mashed potatoes, I liked biscuits a lot, and a lot of them. I liked going to the state fair and having a fried Twinkie. They were my choices. They were bad choices. |
I think a lot of people want to blame somebody, like somebody pushed the button. It's really an issue of world market conditions. When the demand exceeds the supply, the price goes up. This isn't complicated economics ... If they blame their elected officials, be they Democrat or Republican, they're really making a huge mistake. People want government to control things, but they don't get to control all the world markets. |
I think the reimbursement is going to come, and I am not going to worry about that, ... But I was just expressing what I know is an overwhelming situation for them. |
I would hope that we would treat these funds as help for health-related problems for our citizens, not a bonanza of bucks for politicians to fund pet projects. |
I've talked with (Mississippi Gov. Haley) Barbour and (Louisiana Gov. Kathleen) Blanco and told them that we are sensitive to rebuilding issues. We are not trying to compete for people, we are here to meet people's needs and help those who feel they do not have anything to go back to, |
If I were a Democrat, ... I would make hay of this. |
If the state surplus is used in part or in whole for this, it will have been used for as valid a need as we've ever had, |
If we faced issues that required little more than a few turns with a Phillips screwdriver, then we perhaps could afford the luxury of political gamesmanship and the personal pleasures of some old-fashioned partisan political towel popping. |
Inside every human being there are treasures to unlock. |
It hurts to see beautiful homes like this gone, |
It was one of the greatest days of my whole life, ... It ranks right up there with the birth of my children and the day I was sworn in as governor. |
It's a bad idea for the military to make that decision and usurp the authority that under the U.S. Constitution stays with the governor and local authorities, |
It's not some type of trend, |
It's not some type of trend, ... I don't think anybody will be complacent now. |
It's very refreshing that, in order for a person to seek the highest job in the land, they have to listen to people out in middle America, ... Candidates are forced to go out to small groups of people, actually go out to people's homes to a farm in rural Iowa and sit down. Instead of making a speech, they have to listen. It's more about what they hear than what they say. |