Day: September 22, 2011
To Defeat Obama, GOP Will Sacrifice America
I’m not shocked by much any more, but I am shocked by this: the leaders of one of the great parties in Congress calling on the Federal Reserve to tighten money in the throes of the most prolonged downturn since the Great Depression. … To what end? I know what the detractors will say: to the end of defeating President Obama and replacing him with a Republican president. And if you’ve convinced yourself that Obama is the Second Coming of Malcolm X, Trotsky, and the all-conquering Caliph Omar all in one, then perhaps capsizing the US economy and plunging your fellow-citizens deeper into misery will seem a price worth paying to rid the country of him.
— David Frum, writing on his blog, FrumForum.
Who Knew Mitt was ‘Middle Class?’
And that’s the middle class. It’s not those in the low end; it’s certainly not those in the very high end. It’s for the great middle class — the 80 to 90 percent of us in this country.
— Mitt Romney, quoted by CBS News, noting that the presidential candidate’s net worth is estimated at between $190 million and $250 million.
Rick Perry Eats Roadkill
I’ve had road kill that tasted better than that.
— Rick Perry, quoted in the Raleigh News and Observer, commenting on Eastern North Carolina barbeque in a 1992 book, “Holy Smoke.”
10 Quotes from Google Testimony
10 Quotes from Google’s Testimony Before the Senate Judiciary Committee Yesterday
“We regret what happened and it was a mistake.” — Eric Schmidt on the illegal pharmacy search results
“I recently Googled myself on Google.” — Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.
“We have to represent the web how it is and not how we wish it to be.” — Eric Schmidt on pirated content in search results
“I love Google.” — Al Franken, D-Minn.
“If you don’t know, who does?” — Al Franken questioning Schmidt about Google’s knowledge of its own favoritism in its search algorithm
“And ultimately, we bought a company called Zagat to do something similar.” — Eric Schmidt on Yelp
“Some of my fears have been confirmed by our conversation.” — Mike Lee, R-Utah
“I would estimate that two-thirds of Android phones come with Google services pre-loaded.” — Eric Schmidt on Android phones that ship with Google apps
“You run the racetrack, own the racetrack, you didn’t have horses for a while but now you do and your horses seem to be winning.” — Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., comparing Google to a horse race
“Google might be doping the horses.” — Al Franken, extending the metaphor
