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August 01, 2006

?In essence he [John Dean] is talking and writing about the ?kool-aid drinkers? who control the conservative movement in DC and now at the state level. ? This should be of particular interest to Oklahoma voters since every Republican is trying to ?out conservative? the others in their campaigns for primary votes. They don?t even refer to themselves as Republicans, just conservatives. Maybe a better word is kooks, except that their worldview is frightening, just how they like it.?
Oklahoma Democratic Party chairman Lisa Pryor

?Iraq?s prime minister warned today that he would not hesitate to shut down any biased media news outlets. I didn?t even know they ;t the New York Times in Iraq.?
Jay Leno

?The best education is not one you receive from a monopolistic school system. You need to let parents have choices.?
State Sen. Jim Williamson (R-Tulsa), a former social studies teacher in the Tulsa Public Schools

?We?re all for eliminating waste in education spending. There?s plenty of it.?
The Oklahoman, July 12, 2006

?? let?s make Oklahoma as financially appealing as possible ? knowing that our main competition is Texas, which has no personal income tax. In the long term, this state simply has to rely less on the income tax. Eliminating the tax is not realistic any time soon, but a gradual phasedown to a 3 or 3.5 percent maximum rate is possible.?
The Oklahoman, December 28, 2003

?All Oklahoma teachers who value the traditional family should send a message by leaving the Oklahoma Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers unions ? The NEA is replacing academic fundamentals with liberal propaganda and trying to indoctrinate little children in our schools. That is unacceptable.?
State Rep. Sally Kern (R-Oklahoma City), a former schoolteacher

?Today was Dan Rather?s last day at CBS. He handed in a letter of resignation ? which later turned out to be a forgery.?
Jay Leno

?? all those ;ofballs down at OCPA??
Former state Sen. Cal Hobson, in an extended and colorful oration on the Senate floor June 23

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