If it takes a million years for a fish to become a reptile, has Man, in our few hundred, altered out of recognition?
I think when you've been in office for a long time, you have a record, and that record is fair game.
Congress can't take the year off, election or no election.
Cheerleading gave me a love of sports, which I brought to the Senate. I can talk to the good ol' boys about college sports because I follow it like they do.
The traditional role of the Senate has been to be the adult in the room.
The important thing is that we recognize our President's leadership, that he is not saying: I am going to walk away from this. He is saying: I am going to do the right thing.
When it comes to dividing Americans on the basis of their gender, I know a little something about the subject.
The day is for mistake and error, sequence of time for success and carrying out. The one who anticipates is master of the day.
I think the MFA programs have had a real effect on the state of American fiction, but I don't think it's a question of "this is written by someone with an MFA, and this isn't. " I challenge anyone to identify a book in that way. It's totally impossible.
A surprise to others, but not to me, since I've watched this closely for eight years now, is how George W. Bush has internalized the founders' belief that all human beings are endowed by their Creator with a certain inherent yearning for freedom. In turn, Bush has applied this to his vision for the Middle East, believing that a democratic transformation in that region is possible, given that inherent desire for liberty within all hearts, including the hearts of Arab Muslims. People disagree with that, which is fine, but that's the Bush vision.
If you feel like an outsider, you tend to observe things a lot more.