I take much of the attacks and the criticism toward me as being very class-based, but as Americans we don't like to acknowledge that reality.

Democracy is not a spectator sport, it's a participatory event. If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy.

I would like to apologize for referring to George W. Bush as a 'deserter.' What I meant to say is that George W. Bush is a deserter, an election thief, a drunk driver, a WMD liar, and a functional illiterate. And he poops his pants.

Should such an ignorant people lead the world? How did it come to this in the first place? 82 percent of us don't even have a passport! Just a handful can speak a language other than English.

Middle class jobs prevent crime and violence.

It's all part of the same ball of wax, right? The oil companies, Israel, Halliburton.

The upper 1 percent, the people down on Wall Street, the corporate executives, they're the people that control this economy.