“I apologize for my laryngitis today. The good news is it’s going to be a short speech.”
-Vice President Cheney, addressing the Virginia Military Institute on Saturday
“Rahm is about as close to an Italian as you can get. So therefore I have great sympathy for Rahm.”
–former Clinton chief of staff Leon Panetta, discussing Rahm Emanuel’s appointment as White House chief of staff Friday at the Brookings Institution