Mark My Words … I Mean What I Say

0 Comments | Insight on the News, July 2, 2001

"The papers and forms don't exist for an application like this."

-- Robert Bigelow on problems encountered in obtaining permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to build a private space station. Bigelow made his fortune as owner of Budget Suites of America and says he will spend $500 million to build the station.

"What Democrats need is some spine. I think she's providing that."

-- Tom Mann, a government scholar at the Brookings Institution, comments on Sen. Hillary Clinton's, D-N. Y., national-level "attack dog" status as regards the Bush administration, as noted in a New York Post column by Vincent Morris.

"I do know there have been a number, but I can't say how many."

-- Erik Smulsen, spokesman for turncoat former Republican Sen. Jim Jeffords of Vermont, responds to questions about the number of campaign donors who have asked for refunds. Jeffords said he'll give the money back on request.