"Welcome to the CUNA marathon. We're about to set a new record for starting a conference and not allowing any breaks. We'll be in the Guiness Book of Records because by the time I'm finished with my remarks there will probably be four people left in the room. But not to worry, I've got folks stationed at every doorway taking names." - Carl Pascarella, president/CEO, Visa, commenting on the back-to-back long line of speakers at CUNA's GAC general sessions. "Nothing accidental happens in politics. George W. Bush didn't go to Bob Jones University by accident. He went there to exploit the Bob Jones University association with the extreme right wing. George W. Bush started this campaign in the middle of Republican politics. When he got to South Carolina, he wanted to be very clear he's the most conservative candidate left standing at that point. The way to do that was to go to this madhouse of Bob Jones University and say nothing, not a word, not a breath about the insanity that is taught there." - Lawrence O'Donnel of the McLaughlin Group "Credit unions have always been responsible protectors of their members' financial privacy, and the level of responsibility you've demonstrated is the best insurance against even more restrictive privacy regulation." - Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) "These are some quick notes that I did from recollection this morning, fortunately, thanks to Ginko Biloba, my female physician." -
John McLaughlin, McLaughlin Group
