They're going to blow up our poop - Washington Whispers: Quotes from Politics

“They’re going to blow up our poop.”

Sen. Lincoln Chafee, Rhode Island Republican, mocking a Democratic plan to protect sewage plants from terrorists

“I am apologizing as abjectly as I can. There is no excuse for it. It was beyond dumb.”

New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi, on his earlier comment during a college commencement on the possibility of New York Sen. Charles Schumer being capable of putting “a bullet between the president’s eyes, if he could get away with it”

“I can’t do the pedicure thing yet. I haven’t crossed that bridge, psychologically or any other way. Besides, my toes don’t show up in public much.”

Rep. Gary Ackerman, New York Democrat, who likes to show off his manicured nails, but won’t consider having his toes done

“The key is to get members to drink wine to be bipartisan.”

Rep. Henry Waxman, California Democrat, describing the benefits of congressional wine tastings

Sources: Providence Journal, WNBC, Roll Call, Washington Post

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