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I think any Republican that says you should start from scratch, I think that’s bogus talk, and that’s partisan talk.
— California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R), quoted by McClatchy News Service, bucking congressional Republicans on health care reform.
Look, with regard to the stimulus, I think the evidence is pretty clear. You know, Tiger Woods and John Edwards had a better year than the stimulus did.
— Sen. Mitch McConnnell (R-KY), in an interview on Fox News Sunday.
“What we call progress is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.”
Havelock Ellis (1859 – 1939), psychologist and sex researcher
I am not happy about the way things are. I pray for President Obama every single day. But tell you what. Homey made this bed, now he has got to lay in it.
— Stephen Baldwin, conservative radio show host, to ABC News on how he blames President Obama for the state of the country, but still prays for him, but still uses a derogatory term to refer to him.
Now the smart thing will be for independents who are such a part of this Tea Party movement to, I guess, kind of start picking a party. Which party reflects how that smaller, smarter government steps to be taken? Which party will best fit you? And then because the Tea Party movement is not a party, and we have a two-party system, they’re going to have to pick a party and run one or the other: ‘R’ or ‘D.’
— Sarah Palin, explaining that the Tea Party isn’t really a party while acknowledging the existence of independents.
I don’t think there has been a time in modern history where it’s been more dysfunctional just from the standpoint in the way people interact with each other.
— Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), quoted by the Cleveland Daily Banner, on the problems with the U.S. Senate.
This is awesome. It’s an All-Americana event. A good, patriotic, wonderful event that’s bringing a whole lot of people together. I think it’s good for our country.
— Sarah Palin, who spent the holiday weekend at the Daytona 500 stock-car race, confirming the validity of pollsters’ common practice of asking whether survey respondents are NASCAR fans and/or Wal-Mart shoppers.
I don’t owe him shit. He really screwed my life up, is how I look at it. McCain was trying to use me. I happened to be the face of middle Americans. It was a ploy.
– Sam Wurzelbacher, a.k.a. Joe the Plumber, b. December 3, 1973
Today, the Obama administration is no longer attempting to capture men like these [terrorists] alive; it is simply killing them. This may be satisfying, but it comes at a price. With every drone strike that vaporizes a senior al Qaeda leader, actionable intelligence is vaporized along with him. Dead terrorists can’t tell you their plans to strike America.
— Marc Thiessen, former speechwriter for President George W. Bush and author of Courting Disaster.
Look at me when I’m talking to you!
–Florida State Senate Pres. Mike Haridopolos (R-Melbourne), addressing Fair Districts Florida Campaign Chair Ellen Freidin. Freidin had been testifying before Haridopolos’ committee for three hours on the need to redraw Florida’s districts to accurately reflect voter demographics (which in Florida favor Democrats), but was interrupted repeatedly by the senator, whose good looks and peevish manner have earned questions about his sense of entitlement and issues dealing with women, along with nicknames like Little Napolean and Pretty Boy.
