"When my father goes, he'll get a gun salute. I wouldn't feel right about them having seven
"When my father goes, he'll get a gun salute. I wouldn't feel right about them having seven mannequins going out in the field shooting fake guns."
Hugh Springston Jr.
Who recently buried his mother, a veteran, at a ceremony featuring a genuine playing of taps. Taps is now often played on an automated, digital bugle.
"I'd take Clinton back in a heartbeat. But I would kick him in the groin so he could keep his mind on business."
Andrea Parron
Of Harmony, R.I., a self-described "bleeding-heart Democrat," offering her choice between Bill Clinton and President Bush. The former Democratic president, who was impeached by the House of Representatives for perjury and obstruction of justice.