The late Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater on John McCain's new pal Jerry Falwell, July 1981: "I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass." -- Talking Point’s Memo

Well, you know, that's the problem in America, we're always having elections. – Sen. John Cornyn

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From Corrente:

THIS BUSH-ISM IS EVEN BETTER THAN "HECKUVA JOB"!

Words fail me. Well, almost. AP:

“[BUSH] I want the Iraqi people to hear I’ve got great confidence in their capacity to self-govern,” Bush said. “I also want the Iraqi people to hear — it’s about time you get a unity government going.

Well, naturally. The Iraqis only have a 5,000 year-old civilization. Now, wait for it…

“[BUSH] In other words, Americans understand you’re newcomers to the political arena. But pretty soon it’s time to shut her down and get governing.”

From the fine folks who brought you not just Katrina, but the Iraq Clusterfuck….

Plus extra special Winger Projection Syndrome Bonus quote:

“[BUSH] In fact, much of the animosity and violence we now see is the legacy of Saddam Hussein,” Bush said. “He is a tyrant who exacerbated sectarian divisions to keep himself in power.”

A tyrant who rules by exacerbating sectarian divisions… Seems familiar, somehow… Wait, it’ll come to me…

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From Kevin Drum …

FOX, MEET HENHOUSE....Hey, guess who President Bush has nominated to head up the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division? That's right: the guy who represented Wal-Mart in trying to prevent a class of 1.5 million women from suing the company for discrimination in pay and promotions! He also appears to oppose pretty much every regulation related to wages and hours ever passed.

What a perfect nominee. If he didn't exist, the Republican Party would have to have invented him.