Quotes by John Jackson

“My escapism is far less important than for those I am helping to escape -- the troops. If it gives them an evening of some fun and laughter, the rewards for myself, PHINdy and all the others will be beyond description.”

“Jon knows and I know he can make plays, and he knows his compadres can, too.”

“It certainly goes along with the leadership position to be a critic of the governing party; the term we use is the loyal opposition and the loyal opposition while being loyal also opposes, ... Thats why we want a minority party to speak out.”

“He got into some hot water but I think his critics made much more about that than was warranted, ... I dont think it was a major issue and he maybe overstated his case and apologized. He caught enormous heat because there is an enormous propaganda machine out there always ready to grind. And he got ground up in it.”

“I think they share a great deal of characteristics, ... They both are products of Southern Illinois, they both started in state government and they both supported each other in their careers. I think the biggest difference is that Paul Simon never got tagged with the level of partisanship that Durbin has been tagged with since he took the leadership role. And that leadership role entails getting yourself into trouble occasionally.”

“He differs from the two Pauls in the sense that he is a nuts-and-bolts Senate insider ... in a way that Paul Douglas or Paul Simon never was.”

“It doesnt have the emotive cachet that the Razr or the iPod has. When you whip this out in the bar, nobodys going to say, Thats a cool device.”

“It doesnt have the emotive cachet that the Razr (a popular Motorola slimline phone) or the iPod has. When you whip this out in the bar, nobodys going to say: thats a cool device.”

“This is extremely important. This takes them out of the airplane magazine and into a great distribution channel.”

“Its a very logical addition to the digital camera.”