“Saddam Hussein has invited members from the U.S. Congress to visit Iraq. Man how stupid is Hussein? If you think Bush had incentive to bomb Iraq before, imagine if Congress was over there.” IfsThinkingMenImagineStupidMembersCongressIraqBombsSaddamInvitedIncentivesHussein Author:Jay Leno
“A senator got up today in Congress and called his fellow senators sons of wild jackasses. Now, if you think the senators were hot, imagine how the jackasses must feel.” IfsThinkingFeelsTodayImagineSonHotFellowsCongressSenatorsJackasses Author:Will Rogers
“There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men. Imagine a congress of eminent celebrities, such as More, Bacon, Grotius, Pascal, Cromwell, Bossuet, Montesquieu, Jefferson, Napoleon, Pitt, etc. The result would be an Encyclopedia of Error.” MenWould BeResultsImagineFailingErrorsCongressEtcMonstrousDefendersEncyclopediaPascalCromwellMontesquieu Author:Lord Acton
“Imagine if Congress always put the interests of polluters ahead of the health of our families. Our rivers and lakes would be choked with sewage. Acid rain would pour down from smog-filled skies. Hundreds of thousands more of our neighbors, friends, and loved ones would be victims of cancer, heart disease, and asthma.” IfsHeartWould BeInterestImagineSkyDiseaseRainRiversVictimFilledCongressCancerNeighborOur FamilyLakesLoved OnesAcidHeart DiseaseAsthmaSmogSewageRivers And LakesAcid RainNeighbors Friends Author:Jeff Merkley
“Imagine if, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast residents had to wait on Democrats and Republicans to agree on cuts before receiving clean water or loans to rebuild. Congress’ negotiations often come slow or not at all.” IfsWaitingWaterCuttingImagineRepublicanAgreeCleanDemocratCongressReceivingCoastNegotiationLoanHurricanesResidentsAftermathKatrinaClean WaterHurricane Katrina Author:Cedric Richmond
“We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex - but Congress can.” LifeMayPoliticalPoliticsImaginationOur LivesImagineComplexesCongressFrustrating Author:Cullen Hightower
“If Americans are frustrated with Congress, imagine their frustration with a group of international bank officials running our ecomomy-bankers who may not have as their motive either to see us out of debt to them or to strengthen our economy, society, international influence, or other elements of our way of life.” IfsWayMayRunningEconomyImagineGroupsInfluenceElementsInternationalCongressDebtMotiveOfficialsFrustrationFrustratedBankers Author:Oliver DeMille
“We've introduced the New Apollo Energy Act, which is, I think, safe to say the most comprehensive and aggressive bill that has been introduced in Congress because it does have the scale, scope, and ambition of the original Apollo Project, and it attacks the problem in every way you can imagine. There's no silver bullet here, but there are lots of opportunities.” ThinkingWayDoeHas BeensProblemOpportunityEnergyImagineSafeAmbitionProjectsOriginalsBillsCongressScalesSilverAggressiveBulletsScopeApolloComprehensiveSilver Bullets Author:Jay Inslee
“Where's that toxic rhetoric coming from? Let's not make a false pretense of balance: it's coming, overwhelmingly, from the right. It's hard to imagine a Democratic member of Congress urging constituents to be "armed and dangerous" without being ostracized; but Representative Michele Bachmann, who did just that, is a rising star in the G.O.P.” HardStarsImagineDangerousBalanceMembersDemocraticCongressRisingToxicRepresentativesRhetoricPretenseConstituents Author:Paul Krugman
“Most members of Congress are politicians. They're bores. They're damn boring. They have no imagination, and they don't know how to imagine the future.” KnowsImaginationKnow HowImaginePoliticianMembersCongressBoringDamnBores Author:Ray Bradbury
“Why do I keep performing at my age? What else am I going to do? Play golf? I tried that years ago and all I did was cuss. I can do that without the walk, cuss at Congress and let [Mark]Twain do it. "Imagine that you were an idiot. And then imagine that you were a member of Congress. Wait - I've repeated myself."” YearsI CanPlayAgeWaitingCan DoWalksImagineMembersYears AgoMarkGolfCongressIdiotPerformingImagine That Author:Hal Holbrook