Politiquotes of the Week 7/15
The debt ceiling and a marriage pledge had everyone talking.
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Whoppi Goldberg - "I am starting to feel like there's some kind of racial thing going around," The View host Whoopi Goldberg said in response to Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum signing a controversial marriage pledge. "Could you people get your act together? You don’t know anything about how slaves raised their kids or why people were together. Just don’t add stuff like that if you don't know what you're talking about.” (Photo: S.Bergman/JPegFoto/Getty Images)
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Herman Cain - "While I commend their intent regarding the pledge, I believe my stated position encompasses their values without the need to sign the pledge," GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain told the Des Moines Register. "I am, and will continue to be, an ardent defender of traditional marriage and will work to preserve and protect the sanctity of human life, which I believe begins at conception."(Photo: Steve Pope/Getty Images)
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Jon Huntsman - "Here's a guy who had his lips firmly planted on the president's butt three months ago, and now is speaking ill out of 'em, out of those same lips. Can you trust a guy who turns this quickly? He is somebody who apparently will say whatever it takes to get elected," South Carolina Democratic Party chairman Dick Harpootlian said of Obama's former ambassador to China and GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman. "Huntsman, not only is he disingenuous, he's disloyal. So I must admit I have a bit more vitriol for him than I might the other candidates. Is that too subtle?"(Photo: Harpootlianlaw.com)
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John Boehner - "Dealing with them the last couple months has been like dealing with Jell-O," said House Speaker John Boehner of the debt limit negotiations with Democrats. "Some days it's firmer than others. Sometimes it's like they've left it out overnight. The only thing they've been firm on is these damn tax increases."(Photo: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Sarah Palin - "We cannot afford to back off and just hand him with the white flags waving, saying here Mr. President, we trust you, you take over, you do it, because our president has failed in that arena," former Alaska governor Sarah Palin said in a Fox News interview. "I'm still not one to buy into this notion that we must incur more debt, we must increase the debt ceiling by Aug. 2, otherwise there will be catastrophe. I still don't believe that that's necessarily the case."(Photo: AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
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Donald Trump - "It's hard to believe, but the Republicans look like they're about to fold again. They talk tough, but they don't act tough. It's incredible. Look at what's going on. It's called 'el foldo'," said business tycoon Donald Trump in a video blog. "They are going to do something with the debt ceiling. They could negotiate so strong. They could negotiate so powerfully. Right now they're losing all their chips just like they did in December. They call it the 'lame duck' session, where they gave Obama everything he wanted and frankly they had all the cards. Right now they have all the cards and they're going to give up their hand. I don't believe what's going on. And that's one of the reasons I'm so disgusted with them."(Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
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Barack Obama - "Eric, don't call my bluff," President Obama reportedly said as he left the table late on Wednesday after House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Virginia) repeatedly called for a short-term debt ceiling hike. "I've reached the point where I say enough. Would Ronald Reagan be sitting here? I've reached my limit. This may bring my presidency down, but I won't yield on this."(Photo: AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)