Karen Finney Quotes (21 Quotes)

We can only win if the Iraqi people are able to play a greater role in peacekeeping, and we can only win if the president gives an honest assessment of what's really happening on the ground in Iraq. Staying the course and paying for good headlines are not a strategy. It's merely a bad excuse for not having a plan.

This is going to be a huge issue. This smacks of abuse of power.

It's shameful that once again the Bush administration resorted to attacking the patriotism of fellow Americans rather than answering legitimate questions surrounding the president's failures in Iraq.

The ethical cloud over the White House is growing. President Bush should have no hesitation about returning the more than 100,000 directly raised for his re-election campaign by an admitted felon.

Given the way the information has been trickling out and given the serious questions that the information has raised each time something trickles out, this is all the more reason to come clean.

From falling wages and increasing health care costs, to sky-high gas prices and climbing poverty rates, the Bush economy is failing America's working families. The only thing worse than this Bush economy is the last Bush economy.

Despite Republican efforts to muddy the water, (former Vermont) Governor Dean was clear there is no evidence that Senator Reid or any other Democrat took contributions in exchange for official actions.

Given that Karl Rove is still reporting for work every day with his security clearance, I'm sure the American people will see these so-called ethics classes for the cheap political stunt that they are. If President Bush were truly serious about restoring ethics not to mention his own credibility he would have no problem keeping his word to fire anyone involved in the CIA leak scandal, starting with Karl Rove.

We should not be throwing parties at a time when we've got serious problems.

It is no wonder Republican lawmakers are turning their backs on President Bush. They finally realized what the American public already knows The truth is President Bush's policies have made America less safe.

The truth of the matter is that Bush policies hurt African-Americans.

As the saying goes, you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. Unfortunately for the American people all President Bush did today was make it clear that they should expect nothing more than the same failed policies they have come to know all too well.

Tom DeLays announcement is just the beginning of the reckoning of the Republican culture of corruption that has gripped Washington for too long.

President Bush's refusal to recognize that it's time to make a change and fire Secretary Rumsfeld is symptomatic of his administration's incompetent and failed leadership.

We will have the resources to do what we need to do. We are committed to investing in state parties and rebuilding the grass roots from the bottom up.

The vice president's secrecy on this and other issues, as well as his numerous false statements concerning pre-war intelligence, is part of a larger pattern of above-the-law, bunker mentality that the Bush administration has embraced.

The hypocrisy couldn't be more clear after continuously rejecting Democratic proposals that would have helped millions of American working families deal with skyrocketing gas prices, President Bush and Republicans in Congress have finally seen the light on the need to address the problem.

We're at the beginning. But we know we need to do a better job of talking about our values in a way that people see we share their values.

The administration owes the American people, including our brave troops and their families, more than a public relations strategy.

Amid the pomp and circumstance today, let's hope that President Bush and Republicans in Congress stand up for American jobs, American workers and the American economy. It's time to put the needs of hard working Americans ahead of politics. Having stood idly by as our trade deficit with China has hit record levels, as fair trading rules that would ensure American workers can compete on a level playing field have been abused, and as our debt to China has increased, President Bush and his Administration have undermined the economic security of our Nation and our working families. Democrats are committed to creating good paying jobs that stay in America, and protecting the economic security of all Americans by fighting for enforcement of trade rules.

Republican Leader Bill Frist's desperate attempt to quell the fallout from the growing ethical scandal that has engulfed his office raised more questions than answers. It's time for Republican Leader Frist to stop stonewalling and answer the legitimate questions raised by his ethically-questionable, multi-million dollar stock transaction. With Karl Rove, Tom DeLay and now Bill First all under investigation, the Republicans' culture of corruption is alive and well in Washington, D. C.