Cheesy Cheeseheads

Updated March 27, 2010

"Unlike the Marquette Interchange, the Zoo Interchange will stand long enough for us to resolve these issues."

--TOM BARRETT

"I did not say this (sexually explicit comment about his sister-in-law) disparagingly."

--BOB RYAN

"I had my friends from Planned Parenthood give me a bunch of condoms because I feel I need to protect myself from John McCain as a woman."

--GWEN MOORE

"Michael or Mike, or it could be Thug Mike."

(How to address the former Milwaukee alderman)

--MICHAEL McGEE JR.

"We will continue to make the necessary improvements so that citizens of Milwaukee can be confident in their elections."

--TOM BARRETT

"I would say one of the reasons that you've had incidents of violence, of sectarian violence go down is because you're running out of people to kill. I mean, they've killed so many in so many areas that there are fewer opportunity targets, if you want to put it that way, for each side."

--DAVE OBEY

"I just freaked out."

--ERIC HAINSTOCK

"We will continue to make the necessary improvements so that citizens of Milwaukee can be confident in their elections."

"[Milwaukee's Juneteenth Day violence] is something that is not a plus for the city at all."

--TOM BARRETT

"There's no racial tensions that exist within the city of Milwaukee."

--WILLIE HINES

"Going forward, my mind will be open to every solution -- except one. We should not -- we must not -- and I will not -- raise taxes."

"I propose an oil company assessment of two and a half percent per barrel to support our transportation needs. It will be illegal for them to pass the fee on to consumers ��� with criminal penalties if they break the law.
Let's turn the tables on big oil, and give Wisconsin families a break.

"[R]espect for human life means you don't turn your back on cures that can save lives."

"The [Wisconsin] Republican Party has nominated a candidate for Governor who is a relentless opponent of stem cell research.

"Our opposition opposes federal funding for stem cell research.

"If our opponents are victorious, stem cell research will come to screeching halt in the state of Wisconsin...and the repercussions will be enormous."

--JIM DOYLE

"My best recollection is that I was splitting my time between Wisconsin and Illinois and it's possible I made a mistake."

--DONOVAN RILEY

"I am a Freedom Fighter."

--TOM BARRETT

"If our children are healthy, they'll develop into their full potential and become wonderful tax-paying citizens sometime."

"Then I go to his wife, 'Hi Barbara, how are ya?' I did that because I learned on the campaign that the meanest thing you can say to another gentlemen is, 'he's a fine fellow,' and you then refer to his spouse by a different name."

--STEVE KAGEN

"Roses are Red. Violets are Blue, Today is a great day and I miss you! Too bad but not too sad that you are carrying that McGee Seed."

"I don't have a birth certificate."

--MICHAEL McGEE JR.