“Republicans want to punish work and reward wealth; hence the high payroll tax and the low dividend tax. Said one Bush economic adviser, if we can't help wealthy investors and screw working people, what's the point in being a Republican?” PeopleIfsWantSaidHelpingWealthEconomicRepublicanTaxesLowsRewardsWealthyInvestorsScrewsAdviserDividendsPayrollPayroll Tax Author:Paul Begala
“If we are negative by nature, we Americans are more human than most. The Founding Fathers loved going negative. Heck, the Declaration of Independence is one long negative ad.” IfsHumansLongFatherNegativeIndependenceAdsDeclarationFoundingDeclaration Of Independence Author:Paul Begala
“If my wife hears one more report that I'm joining Hillary's campaign I'm going to have to go in the Pundit Protection Program.” IfsWifeProgramMy WifeProtectionCampaignsReportsJoiningPundits Author:Paul Begala
“In our system, grand juries take every charge, every lie, and they try to sort the truth from the lies, and then they move forward into the system. And that's how the system ought to work. We should respect the secrecy of the grand jury so they can sort through what's true and what's not. And someone is leaking, and if they are leaking from the grand jury investigation, then that's a violation of the law.” IfsShouldTryingMovingLawLyingOughtMoving ForwardDeceitInvestigationSecrecyViolationJuryGrand Jury Author:Paul Begala
“If it was about lying under oath - we actually know that Clinton certainly was deceptive, as most people would be about their sex lives - but, in fact, he did not lie.” PeopleIfsKnowsFactsWould BeLyingSexClintonOathDeceptive Author:Paul Begala
“This gets back to the fundamental lesson of political survival that Bill Clinton taught me, which is if you make it about the American people's lives instead of your life, you're going to be okay.” PeopleIfsPoliticalTaughtLessonsSurvivalOkayFundamentalsBillsClintonGet BackLife Lesson Author:Paul Begala
“See, I think if it just became who's sleeping with whom, then there's no reason to prefer one party over the other, 'cause the truth is we're all sinners.” IfsThinkingReasonCausesSleepPartyTruth IsSinnerNo Reason Author:Paul Begala
“Well, I have a message for the nameless , gutless whimperers out there. Quit whining. Unlike some other shows, we here at CROSSFIRE actually present both sides of the issue. ... Look, if you want namby-pamby one-sided arguments go to Fox.” IfsWantWellsLooksShowsSidesIssuesMessagesArgumentQuittingFoxesBoth SidesWhiningNamelessOne SidedLiberal MediaCrossfire Author:Paul Begala
“If George W. Bush is given a second term, and retains a Republican Congress and a compliant federal judiciary, he and his allies are likely to embark on a campaign of political retribution the likes of which we haven't seen since Richard Nixon.” IfsPoliticalGivenTermHavensRepublicanCongressCampaignsLikesAlliesRetributionJudiciary Author:Paul Begala
