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Instigator of the Year - Nominees

Thursday, December 22, 2005

Karen Hughes

"I never dreamed I would one day work at it White House."

"If we are going to commit American troops, we must be certain they have a clear mission, an achievable goal and an exit strategy."


Mike Brown

"It is very important that time is allowed for Mr. Brown to eat dinner. Gievn (sic) that Baton Rouge is back to normal, restaurants are getting busy. He needs much more that (sic) 20 or 30 minutes. We now have traffic to encounter to get to and from a location of his choise (sic), followed by wait service from the restaurant staff, eating, etc."

"Fema doesn't evacuate communities. Fema does not do law enforcement. Fema does not do communications..."


Robert Novak

“Nobody in the Bush administration called me to leak this. There is no great crime here."

"And in the sixth paragraph of a 10-paragraph story I mentioned that two senior administration officials had said it was suggested by his wife, who worked at the CIA."

"I was asked by the CIA official not to use [her name]. He did not, at any point, say her life was in danger. He did not press it."