There is good news. Scientists sent a probe down there in the Gulf of Mexico today and they found traces of seawater.

Being a conservative also used to involve the concept of people being free to do whatever they want to do, as long as it doesn't hurt somebody else. Conservatives used to be very libertarian.

People are either good or they're not. Religion doesn't make anybody good, I don't think.

Only 42 percent of Republicans believe Obama was born in the United States. That's an amazing statistic. How come in America Christians are the only ones who won't take anything on faith?

If I thought the Lord was speaking to me I'd check myself into Bellevue, and I think you should too.

My generation didn`t face the kind of urgent, pressing issues that my parents did, who fought through a war and a Depression and know what suffering is. That`s why Bob Dole had a tough time with this electorate. He was an old-fashioned curmudgeon who knew about sacrifice, and we didn`t know if we could live up to his standards. But we knew we could live up to Bill Clinton`s. He`s more like one of us.

When opportunity knocks all some people can do is complain about the noise.