“The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.”
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Republicans and Democrats have used accounting gimmicks and competing government analyses to deceive the public into believing that 2 + 2 = 6. If our leaders cannot agree on the numbers, if 'facts' are fictional, how can they possibly have a substantive debate on solutions?
I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.
Good policy makes good politics and what I've done has been good politics.
I am willing to compete on my merits and on my character - not with the color of my skin. We talk about being a color-blind society, but I don't think the political process could actually handle that.