Jean [Kennedy Smith, JFK's sister] told me she thinks the whole sports angle has been overplayed, that politics was central to him. This nonsense that he only went into politics because his older brother Joe was killed is not true. He was determined he was going to be in politics, but he would have waited his turn.

How is this any different than the big boat argument of people when it came to African-Americans after the Civil War, decided, 'Put them on a boat and send them back where they came from?' You know, he says it in polite language, but that's what Romney's been saying, 'Get home where you came from, start all over again.'

And then there's Israel - a lot of people support Israel, and it's important to Israel to take out Iraq. So it's all mixed together. It's a combination of motives.

His [John Paul II] humanity, combined with his extraordinary spiritual authority, was unlike anything I've ever met.

This looking down our noses at tea party people has got to stop.

The Indians are still winning the battle against the white men, but sooner or later, the white guy will win.

The president of the United States, whoever it is, deserves a certain level of reverence and respect just because of the office he holds.