Quotes of the day

If the defeat of the bailout is a victory for liberty, it's a victory whose costs I'm not prepared to bear.--Ross Douthat

Everyone wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.--Megan McArdle's grandma

So they are saying that Republicans chose to oppose something they think is in the national interest merely because of a partisan slight. Thank heaven these guys weren't at Valley Forge.--WSJ Editorial Board

My scorecard now shows that Barack Obama is supported by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, John Edwards, William Ayers, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Fr. Michael Pfleger, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, the entire Kennedy clan, the vast majority of French and Germans, the ladies on The View, and the urine-throwing punk protestors in St. Paul -- not to mention entertainers, trial lawyers, and college professors by a margin of at least 9 to 1.--louis winthorp iv

If Sarah Palin isn’t enough of a reason for you to get over whatever your problem is with Barack Obama, then you damn well had better pay attention. Anybody toting guns and stripping moose don’t care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks.--Rep. Alcee Hastings of Florida