small flightless bird's quote of the week

Ok, there are two of them, but they're from the same speech.

"I don't think rehashing potential mistakes some think may have been made in the war on terrorism, specifically in Iraq, is something that should be brought up as a reason to vote against Condoleezza Rice for Secretary of State."

That was from Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison's (R-TX) Senate Floor Speech from Rice's Senate confirmation hearing. Full text of the speech is available here. Another juicy bit:

"This has strengthened our country, to stay the course in the war on terrorism. The stabilization of Iraq is a step forward to promoting peace worldwide."

Oh, right, because Iraq's been stabilized. I forgot about how that totally happened.