Our troops are the best in the world. I have absolute confidence in the ability of the troops who are here, or additional troops, to do their part.

Permitting and protecting even the smallest acts of abuse by a tiny fraction of our officers leads to a culture where extreme acts of abuse are more likely.

Every election is different, every context is different. I believe the record I was allowed to help establish by the side of the president Bill Clinton was important.

I still believe the Lewinsky investigation was way off from the focus of what Whitewater was, which turned out to be nothing at the end of the process. And I think that there were people who were determined as political opponents to not allow his presidency to succeed.

The American people... want change. They want big ideas, big reform.

A strong economy depends on a strong middle class, but George Bush has put the middle class in a hole, and John McCain has a plan to keep digging that hole with George Bush's shovel.

Take your f***ing tampon out and tell me what you have to say.