Many voted in 2008 with the desire to see racism and racists humiliated by having a qualified black man elected president.
Douglas WilderYou don't ever earn a right to stop doing anything if you feel there is an obligation to move in terms of public service.
Douglas WilderSuppose something would happen to the president, who would be in charge? The Vice President. Joe Biden? You have got to be kidding today when you say the Taliban's not our enemy.
Douglas WilderSlavery is nothing to joke about! And the history of this nation's [the USA's] involvement with slavery is nothing to pass off in a joke.
Douglas WilderIf both John McCain and Obama were given a sip of truth serum, both would admit they made serious mistakes in choosing running mates in 2008.
Douglas WilderGovernment or politics in America today is big business. Everybody makes money involving themselves in one way or the other, whether it's pollsters, whether they are policy wonks, whether they are pundits, whether they are those who believe that they must call it as they see it and then to be fair about it.
Douglas Wilder