Paul Hackett Quotations

were at best irresponsible and at worst, grossly unpatriotic.

Yesterday, one of the reddest regions in America turned a whole lot bluer.

My donor base and host base on both coasts was contacted by elected officials and asked to stop giving. The original promise to me from Schumer was that I would have no financial concerns. It went from that to Senator Schumer actually working against my ability to raise money.

I don't go to church to get my politics anymore than I elect politicians to give me my religion.

Chris Simms has been getting ready for this job since he was 3 years old. He had no idea when it was going to happen, we had no idea when it was going to happen, but this is a young man who loves football. He wants everything you've got, and you can't give him enough.

I have a special affinity and interest in the judges' races. ... They ultimately interpret the law that's enacted here in Columbus.

He needs to address head on the culture of corruption that so pervades Washington and why his party has stood in the way of any meaningful reform for more than a year.

Whatever personal emotions I have about Sherrod, if he asks me to help in some way, and I can help and it doesn't interfere with my own life, I will do the best to help him.

Whatever it is, ... it'll be something no one's ever seen before. That's what they do to you. You prepare all week, and then it's almost wasted effort because when the game starts, you're looking at something they've never shown.

What you have to like is how he handled the situation, how he handled the team, his calmness, how he ran the team,

I think the obvious difference between myself and Sherrod Brown and Mike DeWine (is) I'm not a career politician. At best, I'm a citizen legislator.

Listen to the sounds around you. Listen to the noise. Listen to the excitement. Because that's going to be you pretty soon.

We were mystified on that penalty, ... I couldn't see anybody. (Hubbard) had gone behind the bench. We didn't find out who it was until after the game.

We have the power to win back Congress. Yesterday proved it.

The quarterback has the most opportunities to help the team, guide the team to win and therefore the true measure of a quarterback is his ability to do that.

The Democratic Party is like an addict. They're addicted to failure.

We always used to say if something happens early in the season, the backup quarterback is best prepared because he's had all of training camp. Now what we say is the next best thing for it to happen, if it has to happen, is during the bye. Because it gives you your second chance to get him back in the rhythm.

To me, a race between two professional politicians is a no-brainer win for DeWine,

Every day I walk into my law office and say, 'Today, I will clear my desk.' And then there are 50 more messages. I'm amazed. I'm humbled.

At the end of the day, my word is my bond and I will take it to my grave. Thus ends my 11-month political career.

Now my own party is afraid to support candidates like me.

This is an extremely disappointing decision that I feel has been forced on me.

There's a lot of Democrats out there that think we need a change. We need to get our economy back on track and our country back on track for moderate Americans looking to pass the American dream onto their children and grandchildren.

The balance we've had with the run and the pass has reaped really good benefits so far. So there won't be any real big changes with Chris in there, just a sliding of emphasis.

It time for the president to task our military leadership with developing a plan for the safe redeployment of our troops in Iraq.

There's the pressure factor and the money factor.

I made this decision reluctantly, only after repeated requests from party leaders, as well as behind-the-scenes machinations, that were intended to hurt my campaign.

If I were the president, I'd tell the military to figure out how we systematically and in organized fashion get our troops out of there , because the war's over. It's not going to get any better. I think that the administration has got to permit the American military over there to fight...

I dont think that veterans have a distinct advantage, ... At most, it causes somebody to take another look at them.