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He’s basically furniture in the Senate, and the people in Kansas know that. You could give the average Kansan 24 hours to come up with something Pat Roberts has done in the Senate, and after 24 hours, even the crickets would be standing there befuddled.
— GOP strategist John Weaver, quoted by the Washington Post.
Can I say that without getting in trouble like Gov. Romney. The 47 percent is true. It’s bigger now.
— Nevada congressional candidate Crescent Hardy (R), quoted by TPM.
We have to change course because our country is heading for national socialism. That’s not right. It’s changing our culture. It’s changing what we’re all about.
— Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS), quoted by TPM.
Politics has become too personal.
— Vice President Joe Biden, quoted by the New York Times, on why Washington doesn’t work well anymore.
Don’t lose too much weight now. I like my girls chubby!
— Former Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI), quoted by the New York Times, to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY).
They’re trying to get you to check your brain at the door, start foaming at the mouth. The last thing they want you to do is think.
— Bill Clinton, quoted by The Hill, on the Republican party.
Christians have no greater ally than Israel … if you will not stand with Israel and the Jews, I will not stand with you. Good night and God bless.
— Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), “abruptly walked off stage at a gala for Middle Eastern Christians after he was booed for urging the audience to stand behind Israel and Jews,” Bloomberg reports. Cruz was the keynote speaker at the inaugural conference of a nonprofit group called In Defense of Christians.
If we can’t build a fence high enough … we ought to go to China and see how they built a wall.
— Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R), quoted by the Bangor Daily News, on illegal immigration.
Well they can come over and do same-day registration and say they want to come down and vote. So if they feel compelled to do so, come on down.
— Scott Brown (R), quoted by Boston.com, encouraging out-of-state voters to vote for him in New Hampshire.
If you watch the nightly news, it feels like the world is falling apart… And I can see why a lot of folks are troubled…. the truth of the matter is, is that the world has always been messy.
— President Obama, quoted by BuzzFeed, at a Democratic fundraiser.
