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Talk Back to Nancy Pelosi

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:34:13 GMT

"Who in this country would not want to change a policy of kicking in doors in the middle of the night and sending a parent away from their families? It must be stopped ... What value system is that? I think it's un-American. We have to have a change in policy and practice ... and the raids must end. The raids must end."

Pelosi said this to a mostly Hispanic gathering in San Francisco in reference to the United State's policy on immigration raids to remove illegal immigrants from the country.

Talk Back to Barack Obama

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:28:55 GMT

"All across the country, there are people who work hard and meet their responsibilities every day, without the benefit of government bailouts or multimillion-dollar bonuses. And all they ask is that everyone, from Main Street to Wall Street to Washington, play by the same rules. This isn't just a matter of dollars and cents. It's about our fundamental values."

Talk Back to Bernard Madoff

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:29:39 GMT

"I am actually grateful for this opportunity to publicly comment about my crimes, for which I am deeply sorry and ashamed. When I began the Ponzi scheme I believed it would end shortly and I would be able to extricate myself and my clients from the scheme. However, this proved difficult, and as the years went by I realized that my arrest and this day would inevitably come."

Talk Back to Meghan McCain

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:55:41 GMT

"When I find my father’s face staring back at me on a potential date's Facebook page I am put off. I don’t want to see my father’s picture near any picture of a guy I am attracted to, especially if we haven’t even had dinner yet."

Meghan McCain said this in an online story about how her dating life has been affected by her father's election battle with Barack Obama.

Talk Back to Eric Holder

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:21:39 GMT

"Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot in things racial, we have always been, and we, I believe, continue to be in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards. Average Americans simply do not talk enough with each other about things racial."

Talk Back to Bill Clinton

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:16:47 GMT

"Oh no. My question to them is: Do any of them seriously believe if I had been president, and my economic team had been in place the last eight years, that this would be happening today? I think they know the answer to that: No."

Bill Clinton said this about Time Magazine including him on a list of the 25 people to blame for the current economic crisis during an interview on NBC.

Talk Back to Alex Rodriquez

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:59:55 GMT

"To be quite honest, I don't know exactly what substance I was guilty of using. I was very, very stupid. I started experimenting with things that, today, are not legal. Ever since that incident happened, I realized that I don't need any of it. I'm sorry. I'm sorry for that time."

Yankees all-star Alex Rodriguez admitted to using performance enhancing drugs during his years as a Texas Ranger.

Talk Back to Barack Obama

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:42:32 GMT

"I've appointed hundreds of people, all of whom are outstanding Americans who are doing a great job. There are a couple who had problems before they came into my administration, in terms of their taxes. I made a mistake. I don't want to send the signal that there are two sets of rules."

President Obama had this to say about two of his appointees, former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle for health and human services secretary and Nancy Killefer as Obama's chief compliance officer, who both had to drop out after reports they had not paid a portion of their taxes.

Talk Back to Dick Cheney

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:31:35 GMT

"When we get (the Obama administration) who are more concerned about reading the rights to an Al Qaeda terrorist than they are with protecting the United States against people who are absolutely committed to do everything they can to kill Americans, then I worry."

Former Vice President Dick Cheney had this to say about his worries about the Obama administration's policies.

Talk Back to Ashlee Simpson

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:01:55 GMT

"I am completely disgusted by the headlines concerning my sister's weight. A week after the inauguration and with such a feeling of hope in the air for our country, I find it completely embarrassing and belittling to all women to read about a woman's weight or figure as a headline on Fox News."

Ashlee Simpson responding on her own website about headlines concerning her sister, Jessica, apparently gaining weight.