Quotes of the Day: ‘These are some fabricated papers issued by the American government’

“A year that began with hopes of new post-partisanship has indeed produced change: Things have gotten worse. Enmity and acrimony are coursing through a debate with tremendous consequences for both sides.” — Carl Hulse and David M. Herszenhorn, The New York Times

“They haven’t got the American public. They have 60 percent of the United States Senate; 60 percent of the American people are against this.” — Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., to ABC's George Stephanopoulos

"Full recovery may take well into Tuesday. We haven't seen anything like this since 1996. The sad news here is that's happening on the weekend before Christmas." – Air Transport Association spokesman David Castelveter, to USA Today

"Now, they are saying there are no more flights 'til Wednesday. I'm thinkin' rental car." – Gordon Frazer, on his third day at snowbound Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, trying to get to Atlanta

“No, I don't want to see this kind of document. These are some fabricated papers issued by the American government." — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad to Diane Sawyer, on a document purporting to show that Iran has been trying to develop a crucial component of  a nuclear weapon

“It would be disingenuous to say it never crossed my mind, and I'd be just as happy doing an animal program.” — Former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., to The Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz