"Congress is declaring from on high that states with voting problems 40 years ago can simply never be forgiven."

"Congress is declaring from on high that states with voting problems 40 years ago can simply never be forgiven."
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, R-Ga.
After the House of Representatives voted to renew the 1965 Voting Rights Act despite criticism that Southern states were being hounded over their racist past.
"Without even having had a chance to review the complaint, it is clear that the allegations are absolutely and utterly without merit."
Mark Corallo
Spokesman for presidential adviser Karl Rove, after former CIA officer Valerie Plame sued Rove, Vice President Dick Cheney and other White House officials, alleging they orchestrated a "whispering campaign" to destroy her career.
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