Quotes of the Week

Bush, Goldberg, Slagle, McDougal, Davis, and Hart

President George W. Bush, on the 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq: "Five years into this battle, there is an understandable debate over whether the war was worth fighting, whether the fight is worth winning, and whether we can win it. The answers are clear to me. Removing Saddam Hussein from power was the right decision, and this is a fight that America can and must win."

Lucianne Goldberg, a former New York book agent, talking to Bloomberg News about the pending musical career of Ashley Alexandra Dupre, made famous by her hookup with former NY Gov. Eliot Spitzer: "These people have somewhere between yogurt and milk as far as shelf life is concerned. They have to grab it fast.''

Former Texas Democratic Party Chairman Bob Slagle, telling the Austin American-Statesman that rumors about his health are exaggerated, and that there wasn't any need for party officials to honor him with a moment of silence: "Maybe they had a moment of silence for me because nobody could think of anything good to say about me."

Montgomery County District Attorney Michael McDougal, admitting in the Houston Chronicle that he used drug forfeiture funds held by his office to buy alcohol for a community event: "I'm sorry. Very sorry. I'm holding myself responsible."

U.S. Rep. Thomas Davis III, R-Virginia, in the Washington Post: "The House Republican brand is so bad right now that if it were dog food, they'd take it off the shelf."

Johnny Hart of Mission, quoted by The Dallas Morning News on the subject of fencing the Texas-Mexico border: "Build a wall around Washington, D.C."