"We have found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, chemical weapons ..."-- Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA)
-- Rep. John Carter (R-TX)
"I don't think we have racial bias in Texas any more."
Update (6/27): Think Progress administers another smack to Carter's head with this:
Texas leads the nation in several categories of voting discrimination, including recent Section 5 violations and Section 2 challenges. … Section 5 of the VRA, the preclearance requirement, was extended to Texas in 1975 due to the State’s history of excluding Mexican Americans from the political process. … Texas is home to the second largest Latino population in the U.S.
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