Tag: Republican values
Jeb Bush Represents the Politics of Intrusion
If you want a government that’s gonna intrude on your life, enforce their personal views on you, then I guess Jeb Bush is your man.
— Michael Schiavo, quoted by Think Progress, on being overruled by Bush for his decision to remove his wife Terri’s feeding tube after cardiac arrest had left her in a vegetative state.
Paul Ryan Can’t Differentiate Fact from Fiction
I watched the first couple of episodes until he cheated on his wife with that reporter. It turned my stomach so much that I just couldn’t watch it anymore. His behavior was so reprehensible, and it hit too close to home because he was a House member, that it just bothered me too much. And what I thought is, it makes us all look like we’re like that.
— Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), to Parade, on why he doesn’t watch “House of Cards” anymore.
Obama: Congress Isn’t Broken, the GOP is Broken
So when you hear a false equivalence that somehow, well, Congress is just broken, it’s not true. What’s broken right now is a Republican Party that repeatedly says no to proven, time-tested strategies to grow the economy, create more jobs, ensure fairness, open up opportunity to all people.
— President Obama, quoted by Greg Sargent.
He Won’t Quit
Gov. Rick Scott says he wants him to resign,
And his fellow Republicans think that’d be fine.
But Trey Radel says nix —
He knows Florida politics,
You’ve got to do a lot worse than snort a few cocaine lines.
They’re Revolting Again
Their recent debacles gave the Republicans a jolt,
Their party’s split like an oak by a lightning bolt.
It’s time to get out the crayons and posters,
Time to activate the droolers and birthers —
Yes, folks, it’s time for yet another Tea Party Revolt!
Why Christians Should Leave the Democratic Party
Oh, Oh, oh I do believe it. I said it because I believe that the Democrat party has become an anti-God party, I think it’s an anti-life party, I think it’s an anti-family party. And these are all things I think Christians hold to very dearly.
— Virginia lieutenant governor nominee E.W. Jackson (R), asserting that the Democratic Party is “anti-God” and that Christians should leave it, Salon reports.
Doh! We Elected Obama Because He’s Black?
Speaking at a town hall meeting, Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) suggested President Obama was only elected president because he’s an African-American: