Quotables

MEMORABLE THINGS THEY SAID

"Who knows, man, who really knows?"

Ed Pound, director of communications for the White House stimulus website Recovery.gov, on why reports show that hundreds of nonexistent congressional districts, such as Ohio's 00th and Tennessee's 47th (the state has nine districts), received stimulus funds.

"The best gift I could give my son."

U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, on staying in Washington to vote against the House healthcare overhaul instead of attending his son's Nov. 7 wedding in Iowa. Said King: "I couldn't live with myself if the bill passed by just one vote, and I wasn't present."

"Last year they did chocolates, and it didn't generate anything."

Susie Shepherd, principal at Rosewood Middle School in Goldsboro, N.C., on why the school had a fundraising campaign this year that offered students 20 test points for a $20 donation. After the fundraiser gained public attention, school administrators returned all donations and Shepherd announced her retirement.

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December 05, 2009, Vol. 24, No. 24

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