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She’s very interesting. And I’m sure she’d do great.
— Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), telling the Washington Post that his former vice presidential running mate, Sarah Palin, would be a viable White House contender if she chose to run.
There are no victories in Washington only varying degrees of defeat.
— Former Sen. Wendell Ford (D-KY), quoted by the Louisville Courier Journal, in his obituary.
My grand-daddy used to say you don’t learn much from the second kick of a mule.
— Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R), quoted by Bloomberg, on Mitt Romney running for president again.
They were ugly, they were slimy, and they were creepy. And I’ve not gotten over that. So to elevate them to the status of being the state amphibian, I’m not there yet.
— Rep. Ken Andrus (R), who voted against the measure a grade school student’s request that the Idaho giant salamander be named the state amphibian,” the Idaho Statesman reports. Andrus recalled being repulsed by them as a young boy.
I’ll tell you what, if you guys need any tips on winning back-to-back, you know where to find me.
— President Obama, quoted by the Texas Tribune, meeting with the 2014 NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs.
We’ve had four months of propaganda starting with the president that everybody should hate the police. The protests are being embraced, the protests are being encouraged. The protests, even the ones that don’t lead to violence, a lot of them lead to violence, all of them lead to a conclusion: The police are bad, the police are racist. That is completely wrong.
— Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, asserting that President Obama has encouraged people to “hate the police” in the wake of two New York City police officers being assassinated, The Hill reports.
I’m basically a libertarian, and I’m a conservative on economic matters, and I’m a social liberal. What I want these candidates to do is to support a balanced budget. I’m very worried that if the budget is not balanced that inflation could occur and the economy of our country could suffer terribly.
— Billionaire David Koch, a powerful donor in American conservative politics, telling ABC News that he’s a “social liberal” on issues like abortion and gay marriage even though most of the candidates he supports are not.
Running for the presidency’s not an IQ test. It is a test of an individual’s resolve. It’s a test of an individual’s philosophy. It’s a test of an individual’s life’s experiences.
— Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), in a NBC News interview.
No f**king way.
— Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, when asked by Roll Call if he missed being in the White House or Congress.
The social cost will be profound on the U.S. taxpayer — millions of unskilled, illiterate, foreign nationals coming into the United States who can’t speak the English language. Even though the president says they won’t be able to vote, we all know that many, in all likelihood, will vote… It’s a wink and a nod, we all know it’s going to happen.
— Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), telling the Washington Post that the immigrants given new protections by President Obama could become “illiterate” Democratic voters.
