THE DEMO-GOGUES

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THE DEMO-GOGUES

This week's "Sociocrat Sycophant" Award: "We have said from the very beginning, once [President Bush] takes privatization off the table, we will talk about the long-term financial problems of Social Security. He has to understand that he is not all-knowing. If he wants to work on this program...let him send a plan up here, and let him take privatization off the table." -- Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Searchlight)

Sometimes they get it right: "We ask how and why illegal aliens continue to pour into our country, and the answer lies in every Border Patrol increase we do not fund, every agent we do not hire and every illegal alien we release due to lack of detention space." --Sen. Robert Byrd

Using limited candlepower: "Are we going to allow the Majority Leader to invoke faith to rewrite Senate rules to put substandard, extremist judges on the bench? Is that where we are now?" --John Kerry **Toto, I don't think we're in Cambodia anymore!

Global Village Victimitus: "[u.S. Ambassador to the UN nominee John Bolton] has all the qualities needed to harm the image and objectives in the UN and its affiliated international organizations." --Frederick Vreeland, former U.S. ambassador to Morocco ** But isn't Bolton supposed to represent the United States?

From the "PC (Politically Challenged)" Files: "What [Republicans are] trying to do is distract. They're choosing to pass legislation that is bipartisan." --Jennifer Crider, spokeswoman for Nancy Pelosi, on why so many Democrats vote with Republicans **They're distracting by passing legislation? What a novel idea!

The Democrat's bottom-line "plan" to fix Social Security: "Our plan is to stop Bush." --Barbara Boxer **Your concern for people and country is touching.