Abramoff, Amezquita, Hopson, Casteel, Deats, Friedman, and ClarkJack Abramoff, in Vanity Fair, on how Washington has reacted to his troubles: "You're really no one in this town unless you haven't met me." Michael Amezquita, Bexar County's chief appraiser, talking about the need for disclosing home prices to make appraisals fair, in the San Antonio Express-News: "We have a 25-year history of not being fair to homeowners." Rep. Chuck Hopson, D-Jacksonville, in The Dallas Morning News: "Voters are beginning to say, 'What are you doing down there?' If we lollygag around and become divisive and start fighting, the voters aren't going to like it. If we get something done, we're OK. If we don't, we're not going to be." Rep. Carter Casteel, R-New Braunfels, telling the San Antonio Express-News she'll ask for a recount in her 45-vote loss to Nathan Macias: "I certainly don't suspect any improprieties by the Hill Country county clerks. But my supporters are having a fit. I feel I owe it to the district, and I look forward to resolving it." Texas Republican Judy Deats, quoted in Newsweek on her loyalty to U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land: "Right now, I wouldn't vote Democratic if Jesus Christ was running." Kinky Friedman, caught by The Dallas Morning News sipping a beer in a moving car (there's a law against it) in a parade: "Yes, I admit to holding a Guinness. I even admit to drinking it. But I did not swallow." An irked U.S. Bankruptcy judge in San Antonio, Leif Clark, fired off a written order denying a motion because it was incomprehensible, and he ended it with a footnote just to make sure the lawyers in the case got the point: "Or, in the words of the competition judge to Adam Sandler's title character in the movie, "Billy Madison," after Billy Madison had responded to a question with an answer that sounded superficially reasonable but lacked any substance, Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I've ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response was there anything that could even be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul. Deciphering motions like the one presented here wastes valuable chamber staff time, and invites this sort of footnote."