Politics To The Left, Politics To The Right
Posted June 25th, 2008 by Da King
It's time again for more quotable quotes from our leaders and intellectuals.
Supply sider - “It is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high and tax revenues are too low and the soundest way to raise the revenues in the long run is to cut the rates now… Cutting taxes now is not to incur a budget deficit, but to achieve the more prosperous, expanding economy which can bring a budget surplus.” - John F. Kennedy.
Can you say 'Democrats' ? - "We are the only nation in the world with access to known oil deposits on our own land or off our shores that essentially refuses to tap those resources. The main stumbling block is a lack of political consensus" - Linda Chavez.
Money talks, you-know-what walks - "I support a robust system of public financing of elections" - Barack Obama, speaking as he announced he was opting out of public campaign financing.
Apt description - "[Pinning down Obama's policies] is like trying to nail Jello to a wall" - Republican Senator Lindsay Graham.
A flip-flop you can believe in (offer subject to immediate expiration without further notice) - "the [offshore drilling] moratoria should be lifted” - John McCain, reversing his earlier position.
Don't tell us, tell them - "No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal" - Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Who knew this guy was so prescient ?- "Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future" - Adolph Hitler.
Only 2 in 5 voters can name the three branches of the federal government - "What good fortune for governments that the people do not think" - Adolph Hitler.
And who is the leading voice of YOUR politics ? - "The country is not as polarized as our politics would suggest" - Barack Obama
Are we sure this guy was the father of the Democratic party ? - "A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor and bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government" - Thomas Jefferson
Here's why he's the Republican nominee for president, and you're not - "We should be able to deliver bottled hot water to dehydrated babies" - John McCain
But he almost lost the working man's vote with this - "I will veto every single beer, um, bill with earmarks" - John McCain
And now for the classics. Yes, they made him head of the DNC - "I think with a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, you can't play, you know, hide the salami, or whatever it's called" - Howard Dean
Classics part II, don't question his patriotism - "The idea that the United States is going to win the war in Iraq is just plain wrong" - Howard Dean
Classics part III, God only knows - "Now that we're on dog pee, we can have an interesting conversation about that. I do not recommend drinking urine…but if you drink water straight from the river, you have a greater chance of getting an infection than you do if you drink urine" - Howard Dean
June 25th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Your quotes hardly give us that are upset over the ever increasing role of gov.. in our society. I used to fear socialism due to its ideology nowI fear it more because of the selfserving ninnies leading us down the path.
June 25th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
After I watch Congress in action on C-SPAN for a few days, I'm almost amazed that the entire country isn't on fire. If any other facet of our society was as inept as government, it would be.
June 25th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
But King, the Democrats are in control of Congress and they are playing those games of defining Democrat speak and things like that. I love it when the public learns what those self-serving people do to use up their debate times. Both parties waste more time in debate than they do in deliberation before any real debates begin.
I just heard Lindsay Graham talking about Obama going to Iraq and talking to privates, corporals, sergeants, and even Lts about what is going on and has gone the past few months. After he does this he probably won't need to think that Petraeus is lying to him if he ever sees the good General. What do you have for Obama other than he was sure that Surge wouldn't work, and later he was sure it wasn't working?
The AC sure hit that nail on the head and between the two of you you said too many true things about where we are and why.
June 26th, 2008 at 12:19 am
I do have some quotes about the surge from the Obama camp:
January 14, 2007: "We can send 15,000 more troops, 20,000 more troops, 30,000 more troops: I don't know any expert on the region or any military officer that I've spoken to privately that believes that that is going to make a substantial difference on the situation on the ground." - Barack Obama
July 20, 2007: "Here's what we know. The surge has not worked." - Barack Obama
May 30, 2008: "[Barack Obama] never disputed the fact that if you throw a surge of American soldiers in an area that you can make a difference." - David Axelrod, Obama's campaign manager.
It's a nuanced position, like so many of his.
Do you think Obama would be going to Iraq if McCain hadn't called him on it ? I sure don't. It's just a political calculation.
June 26th, 2008 at 6:48 am
Couldn't resist posting one of my favorites……the punishment theory.
"I've got two daughters, 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby. I don't want them punished with an STD at the age of 16."
Barack Obama
June 26th, 2008 at 8:17 am
the surge was supposed to provide breathing room for political progress…hasn't happened…ain't goina
June 26th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Providing breathing room (security) for political progress is precisely what the surge has accomplished.
June 26th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Alex,
That's why Obama endorses covering his daughters in Glad wrap.