“Rest assured, these killings have the full support of my administration.”

–Virginia Governor Mark Warner, apparently letting Virginians know where his allegiance lies vis-a-vis the sniper.

“We’ll do whatever it takes to bring this gentleman to justice.”

–Warner, again.

“…if your tip is urgent, please dial 9-1-1, and you will be applauded.”

–The ever-articulate Montgomery Police Chief Charles Moose, urging area residents to phone in sniper tips.

“When asked by worried friends and acquaintances whether the President was borrowing his geopolitical theory from the diaries of Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler, I assured them that the President didn’t have the patience to read more than two or three pages of a Tom Clancy novel.”

– Lewis Lapham, editor of Harper’s, in the print edition of the October issue. Translation: Bush could be as bad as Hitler or Stalin, if only he were smart enough. (Link via Andrew Sullivan, via More Than Zero.)

“There’s an old saying in Tennessee—I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, fool me once, shame on—shame on you. Fool me—you can’t get fooled again.”

–President Bush, coming dangerously close to invoking Pete Townshend.

“If I were in the President’s place I would not have gotten a chance to resign. I would be laying in a pool of my own blood, hearing Mrs. Armey standing over me saying, “How do I reload this damn thing?” ”

–Dick Armey, when asked if he would have resigned if he’d have been in President Clinton’s place during the impeachment saga.

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