barnum has said, "there's m sucker born every minute." and vince lombardi hammered homr the creed,"winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." l none of these attributions is entirely accurate and barnum,eri for one, would not have wished to be remembered by thatu motto. but facts rarely get in the wayn of a useful myth.'tto >> guest: that's right. c-span: where'd you find all those and what did -- why'd you e diyhem in the book? >> guest: well, if you survey, h as i have, from the -- since s 1980, quotations dictionaries,ne you come upon a lot of these diings. you come upon the -- let's saycu the less meticulous dictionariey of quotations that simply give those and attribute them toatio those people. and then you will find some morm recent quotations diction -- dictionaries that have felt a little -- bit more responsible, and they delve into some of the origins.gins and so the barnum quote or the greeley quote -- well, they'll point out that actually it wasl someone else, and i can'te remember exactly who it was that said, 'go west,'

he will be a ringmaster like for barnum and bailey circus. in massachusetts republican and a mississippi republican, a florida republican, a colorado republican do not all think the same. as general patton says, "if everyone thought the same, someone is not thinking." on one issue republicans are unified on is too much debt, spending, taxes, and the need for a check and balance on what we see as an overreaching government in washington. i think scott brown was elected partly for that reason. i think rubio will be elected for that reason and so will a variety of republicans. >> speaking of the debt problem, no congressman has been able to make clear and really educate the american public about how two-thirds of the budget is mandatory spending. when they sit to just cut spending, that is just not realistic. -- when they say just to cut spending, that is not realistic. >> that is a good question. i think that everything -- and in our country we move in big waves. we were not doing anything. in the 1960's of a sudden people were recycling and we