“All of which raises another question: If Obamacare is so great, why do so many people want to get out from under it?” Quote by Michael Barone
“Within hours of a tragedy unfolding, journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn. That is reprehensible.” ShouldPoliticalHoursViolenceBloodHatredTragedyJournalistUnfoldingLibelPundits Author:Sarah Palin
“If the tea party is so racist, how come when they have straw polls the black guy keeps winning?” IfsPoliticalGuyWinningBlackPartyTeaRacistPollsTea PartyStrawsBlack Guys Author:Herman Cain
“(The mainstream media) are so vested in our first black president not being a failure that it's going to be amazing to watch the lengths they go to to protect him. They, I believe, will spout this racist line if some of their colleagues up here aren't doing it aggressively enough. There is going to be a real desperation.” IfsFirstsBelieveRealEnoughPoliticalI BelieveBlackPresidentLinesWatchesMediaProtectRacistLengthMainstreamColleaguesDesperationMainstream Media Author:Joe Walsh
“Let's pass a bill to cover the moon with yogurt that will cost $5 trillion today. And then let's pass a bill the next day to cancel that bill. We could save $5 trillion.” TodayPoliticalNextCostMoonBillsNext DayYogurt Author:Paul Ryan
“Life has many good things. The problem is that most of these good things can be gotten only by sacrificing other good things. We all recognize this in our daily lives. It is only in politics that this simple, common sense fact is routinely ignored.” FactsProblemPoliticalSimpleCommonSacrificeGood ThingsCommon SenseDaily LifeIgnored Author:Thomas Sowell
“Personally, I'm tired of hearing the whole have-you-no-decency routine from people who have made quite clear that they possess none themselves.” PeopleMadeWholePoliticalClearTiredHearingRoutineDecencyI'm Tired Author:Glenn Reynolds
“I think the Democrats are going to have to be willing to give up, maybe, some short-term political gain by whipping up fears on some of these things - if it's a reasonable Social Security proposal, a reasonable Medicare proposal. We've got to deal with these things. You cannot have health care devour the economy.” IfsThinkingGivingCarePoliticalSocialTermDealsEconomySecurityWillingGiving UpGainsDemocratHealth CareReasonableSocial SecurityShort TermProposalMedicareWhipping Author:William J. Clinton
“Those who can do. Those who can't form a supercommittee.” FormPoliticalCan DoSaboteurs Author:Mark Steyn
“Medicare in particular, will run out of money, and we will not be able to sustain that program.” MatterRunningAblePoliticalParticularTaxesProgramMedicare Author:Barack Obama
“With regard to the idea of whether you have a right to health care, you have to realize what that implies. It’s not an abstraction. I’m a physician. That means you have a right to come to my house and conscript me. It means you believe in slavery. It means that you’re going to enslave not only me, but the janitor at my hospital, the person who cleans my office, the assistants who work in my office, the nurses.” BelieveMeanPersonsIdeasCarePoliticalHousePoliticsRealizingOfficeRegardSlaveryHealth CareHospitalsNursePhysiciansAbstractionAssistantsJanitor Author:Rand Paul