Sir Alec Douglas-Home, when he was British Foreign Secretary, said he received the following telegram from an irate citizen: "To hell with you. Offensive letter follows."

[Senators John Kerry & John Edwards] have risen high in Democratic polls with a brand of class resentment and soak-the-rich rhetoric rooted in the old-fashioned liberalism of Ted Kennedy.

Different regions may require different strategies, as President Bush has noted, but not different basic principles. It's either collective security or selective security.

Carter is the best President the Soviet Union ever had.

Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.

Decide on some imperfect Somebody and you will win, because the truest truism in politics is: You can't beat Somebody with Nobody.

Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.