Quotes by Marcy Winograd

“I actually made the decision to run after seeing the interview on Meet the Press, when she said she didnt know the law as she sat on the Senate Intelligence Committee.”

“But they were the ones breaking the law!”

“If I had been in that position, Id have said, heres a copy of the Constitutional and the Bill of Rights. You are in violation, and you need to stop this immediately. I certainly would have broken the story. At some point you have to blow the whistle when people are breaking the law, spying on Americans, in violation of the federal wiretapping law.”

“What is the logical extension of the argument that its wrong to ever under any circumstances reveal classified information? What happens if we live in a police state, and people are disappeared off the street, or people are tortured and we know about it? Who are we serving, are we serving Bush or the people?”

“It sound farfetched but we have people whove been sitting in prisons right now without charges, sitting there for years.”

“Even after the fact, she said it was deplorable that the American people knew.”

“The vast majority of Americans want to see the end to the US occupation of Iraq. Theres increasing disenchantment. My campaign is to represent that sentiment, and the real concerns of Americans about health care, and the needs of a single-payer system of universal health care.”

“We picked up 35%. So it sent some shock waves for the Democratic Party in California. This isnt to say she wont get it later, but it sent a message that theres less than full confidence in her leadership.”

“Her voting record is primarily of support of the Patriot Act, suspending of due process, support for nuclear weapons, opposing the International Criminal Court.”

“There are a lot of people who are hungry for real leadership.”