Candor Is A Compliment; It Implies Equality.

The Core Of The Concept Of A Bribe Is An Inducement Improperly Influencing The Performance Of A Public Function Meant To Be Gratuitously Exercised.

But One Immediate Thing Can Be Done Right Now, And That Is: Lower The Temperature. Any Way You Can, And Everybody. Just Lower It.

George W. Bush, 43rd President Of The United States, Became The First Incumbent President To Increase His Majority In Both The Senate And The House And To Increase His Own Vote (by Over 3.5 Million) Since Franklin D. Roosevelt, Political Genius Of The 20th Century, In 1936.

No News Conferences? Interviews Now Only With Friendly Journalists? You Can't Be President Or Vice President And Govern In That Style, As A Sequestered Figure. This Has Been Mr. Bush's Style The Past Few Years, And See Where It Got Us. You Must Address America In Its Entirety, Not As A Sliver Or A Series Of Slivers But As A Full And Whole Entity, A Great Nation Trying To Hold Together. When You Don't, When You Play Only To Your Little Piece, You Contribute To Its Fracturing.

We Must Try Again To Be Alive To What The People Of Our Country Really Long For In Our National Life: Forgiveness And Grace, Maturity And Wisdom. ...our Political Leaders Will Know Our Priorities Only If We Tell Them, Again And Again, And If Those Priorities Begin To Show Up In The Polls.