“Apparently the good doctor/governor of Alabama, Mr. Bentley, has more compassion for the state turkey than he has for thousands of poor Alabama citizens by pardoning the turkey and rejecting the federal Medicaid expansion act, leaving poor people without health insurance.”

“Here’s a message to the world. Not all of us Alabamians want to secede from the United States of America. As a matter of fact, we’d like to say ‘God bless America.’ ”

“Count today how many times President Obama said ‘and.’ What is wrong with this country?”

“I read with interest about the pay day loan places on Woodward Avenue. How about them just putting them inside the restaurants, and that way, while they’re eating their meal they can fill out an application for a loan.”