Grusendorf, Griggs, Shapiro, Huckabee, Stanford, Friedman, Hutchison, and BushRep. Kent Grusendorf, R-Arlington, arguing for a provision that requires the Legislature to reexamine education funding every two years: "As a state, we have been pouring dollars down a rat hole. It is important we are in the driver's seat. When we are on auto pilot, that doesn't happen." Rep. Bob Griggs, R-North Richland Hills, and a former school superintendent, on the House education bill: "This bill is just plain old junk food. It's junk food for school finance. It provides that sugar rush immediately, but the funding falls apart after a very short period of time." Sen. Florence Shapiro, R-Plano, in the Austin American-Statesman, on the House education package: "I think it's very difficult to just say we'll pass all this education reform, but we don't know where the money's coming from. What if they only find $2 billion in scrubbing the budget instead of $3 billion?" Sen. Shapiro, a few days later, asked what the Senate will do with the House effort: "I think we'll obviously review what they sent us first, and then once we've reviewed it, we'll probably set it aside." Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee talking to the Washington Times about tax-basher Grover Norquist: "Grover's never been in a situation where he couldn't borrow money so he didn't have to raise taxes or tell old people he's just going to take them out of the nursing home and drop them on the curb." Jason Stanford, a consultant to Democrat Chris Bell, who might run against Rick Perry next year: "We have a Governor that wants to tax lap dances and a Republican legislature that wants to tax love handles, and now they want to reform school finance by taxing bottled water. Satire is dead in Texas..." Independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman, in his farewell column in Texas Monthly: "My candidacy is not a joke, as some assume. I'm running in the spirit of Seabiscuit: I do not plan to place or show; I plan to win." U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, talking with The Dallas Morning News about reports that one of her campaign aides called into a radio talk show under a fake name to promote her as a gubernatorial candi DATE: "It's just not on my mind. I've had a really tough week. I found out about it when I opened up the paper. I don't think it's worth talking about anymore." President George W. Bush, quoted by Harper's Weekly as saying faith-based programs funded by government aren't allowed to discriminate: "All drunks are welcome."