Quotes.

• Position: Citings - Brief article

"I, Bob Riley, Governor of Alabama, do hereby encourage citizens of Alabama to pray daily for rain and proclaim June 30-July 7, 2007 as Days of Prayer for Rain. During this time, l encourage all Alabamians to pray individually and within their houses of worship for sufficient rain."

--official proclamation by Alabama Gov. Bob Riley (R), June 28

"I'm not proposing an electrified goat fence. I'm just trying--there's an analogy there."

--Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott (R-Miss.) comparing the fence on the U.S.-Mexico border with goat containment on his farm, quoted in the Mississippi Sun Herald, June 21

"As a Republican governor, I could say, 'Thou shalt do this,' and the unions would say, 'Thou shalt go jump in the lake.'"

--Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota...