"The very last thing we ought to be doing is putting at risk the retirement security of millions of America's seniors." â€" Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, who heads the Democratic National Committee in comments as Democrats are eagerly renewing their fight against privatizing Social Security now that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has picked Paul Ryan as his running mate.
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"I ask President Obama to do the right thing. The United States must renounce its witch hunt against WikiLeaks. The United States must vow that it will not seek to prosecute our staff or our supporters" â€" Wikileaks founder Julian Assange portraying himself as a victim of an American "witch hunt" over his secret-spilling website in a defiant address from the balcony of an embassy where he has holed up to avoid extradition to face sex assault allegations.
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"It seems to me first of all from what I understand from doctors that's really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down." â€" Missouri Congressman Todd Akin in a TV interview commenting about a rape victim's chances of becoming pregnant.
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