Quotes by Paul Begala

“It must kill George Bush that John McCain is the most popular and Beloved Republican in America.”

“When your mission is to restore honor and integrity to the White House, youve got to be willing to use any means necessary”

“Texas is the nearest thing to heaven there is. We love our state but we are embarrassed by our weak government. We ignore 400,000 souls in Third World conditions with no electricity and no running water. We pay our teachers less than our football coaches, and we get the results youd expect.”

“the Brady Bill (for screening of gun purchasers) and the assault weapons ban inflamed the Republican base voters and increased their turnout.”

“Theres nothing the Democrats would like more. Hes terribly bright, but hes more far right than he is bright. Hes become the embodiment of what most Americans hate about right wingers.”

“We want to be where the politicians are and where the voters are. I love being in Washington [D.C.]; its often the nerve center. But now the nerve center has moved.”

“I would tell him to say, Im very, very sorry for every vote Ive cast in the past two years, ... Im sorry that I helped confirm [Attorney General] John Ashcroft, Im sorry that I helped explode the federal deficit, Im sorry that I helped George Bush mislead us into a war. Thats what Id have him say. But, you know, he didnt call me to write this one.”

“Its very good for him, ... I wouldnt go so far as to say it locks anything up, though, because people want to make up their own minds.”

“Its important that the whole international community come together, speak candidly about it, forget about taboos, forget about conservative ideas with respect to what you should tell young people about. Its the lives of young people that are put at risk by unsafe sex. And, therefore, protect yourself.”

“There is a parallel,”

Politics is show business for ugly people.