The stakes they play for in politics are paper and money. The chips they play with are your life.

As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office.

Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention."

[Shrub Flubs His Dub, The Nation, June 18, 2001]

Am I the only person covering politics who ever noticed that Newt Gingrich is actually a nincompoop?

I spend most of my life feeling like I've been shot out of a cannon.

As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office.