THE ROBERT W. WHITAKER ARCHIVE

FUN QUOTE | 2003-10-11

Socialists and libertarians say the only important issue in politics is how big the government is. That is like saying that transportation is entirely a matter of how many airplanes there are.

Short Observation

You remember how Clinton's Attorney General used to react to Administration scandals?

She said, "We will investigate." That was the last you ever heard of it.

You know about that attack on September 11, 2001? Two years ago I said nobody in the Intelligence bureaucracy would even be criticized, much less fired, for letting that happen.

In 2003 the Bush Administration still says, "We will investigate."