“It's interesting that at a time when she could have differentiated herself from the ranks of [Democratic National Committee Chairman] Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosi and the far left ranks of the Democratic Party, she chose to join those on the front ranks of the blame game, It would have been interesting if she had shown some level of restraint.” IfsHas BeensGamesLeftInterestingLevelsPartyFrontsBlameDemocraticCommitteesRestraintDemocratic PartyChairmanDeanNancyBlame Game Author:Brian Jones
“What Mr. Loughner knows is that he has the full support of a major political party in this country ... he knows that ... the Democrat party is attempting to find anybody but him to blame. He knows if he plays his cards right, he's just a victim. ... This guy clearly understands he's getting all the attention and he understands he's got a political party doing everything it can, plus a local sheriff doing everything that they can to make sure he's not convicted of murder -- but something lesser.” IfsKnowsCountryPlayPoliticalGuyPartyAttentionSupportStupidMajorsMurderVictimBlameDemocratLocalsCardsPlusPolitical PartiesThis GuyAttemptingHatefulSheriffs Author:Rush Limbaugh
“For a few political turncoats there is real excuse. One can hardly blame those whom one ministry have seen fit to throw overboard for having the strength to swim to the other side.” RealPoliticalSidesPartyFitBlameExcuseSwimMinistryPolitical PartiesOverboardTurncoats Book:Under Five Reigns Source: Under Five Reigns
“Never think that wars are irrational catastrophes: they happen when wrong ways of thinking and living bring about intolerable situations ... the root causes of conflict are usually to be found in some wrong way of life in which all parties have acquiesced, and for which everybody must, to some extent, bear the blame.” ThinkingWayWarHappensFoundCausesPartySituationBearsConflictRootsBlameIrrationalCatastropheWay Of ThinkingWrong WayRoot CauseCauses Of Conflict Author:Dorothy L. Sayers
“Poets are political, they have to be reflections of their times [because] they're living in their times... Poetry is political in that it's standing in opposition to fascism. Good poetry asks a bunch of questions and asks the audience to interact with themselves or see themselves in it; maybe you like it or you don't like it. But the fascist sort of stuff plays on your fears and tells you to jump on the party line and gives some simple excuses - blame this person.” GivingPersonsPlayPoliticalAsksStuffLinesSimplePartyAudiencePoetReflectionStandingBlameExcuseBunchOppositionPoetry IsFascismFascistsYou Like ItGood PoetryTime Poetry Author:John Cusack
“When I might be on a business trip, a lot of people are partying and they may be drunk or under the influence of something that I'm not under the influence of, and that might influence their actions. I'm not even blaming them, but being in the club and not knowing what everybody's motives are, I have to take precautions damn near every week, especially when I go out of town.” PeopleMayMightActionPartyKnowingWeekInfluenceTownsBlameClubsDrunkDamnMotiveNot KnowingPrecautionBusiness Trips Author:Gucci Mane
“On the question of taking credit for what goes right and blame for what goes wrong - having led the Conservative party for four years, I have never heard of this notion before.” YearsPartyFourHeardBlameNotionConservativeCreditFour YearsConservative Party Author:William Hague
“It was all for the eventual payoff and thank-you by giving Hillary Clinton the Democrat Party presidential nomination. And it went awry in 2008 because somebody they liked better came along. Somebody they really liked better. I mean, somebody they loved better. They threw her overboard like an unwanted sack of potatoes down on the farm for Barack Hussein Obama. And she seethed, felt betrayed. Don't blame her a bit. They betrayed her big time.” GivingMeanBigsFeltBitsPartyBlameClintonDemocratBarackPresidentialFarmsBetrayedPotatoesHusseinNominationsUnwantedPayoffOverboard Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Political parties often take advantage of denial and fear in a moment of change. This is a well understood phenomenon that often leads to scapegoat-ism: blaming outsiders, such as immigrants, or racial and religious minorities. The phenomenon is behind Brexit and the violence in the political cycles in the US and EU.” WellsMomentsPoliticalReligiousPartyBehindsViolenceUnderstoodAdvantageBlameDenialMinoritiesImmigrantsCyclesPhenomenonOutsidersPolitical PartiesIsmsScapegoat Author:Graciela Chichilnisky
“Where would the Republican Party being without talk radio the last 25 years? And yet who now is enemy number one? Talk radio! I don't know what I did to Michael Gerson, but he's back again in the Washington Post blaming everything [Donald] Trump on me.” KnowsYearsLastsPartyNumbersEnemyTrumpRepublicanBlameRadioPostsRepublican PartyBack AgainTalk Radio Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Because many people remembered a time when the Republican Party was not so extreme, and hadn't full grasped how much it had changed, people blamed Obama for his failure to get Republicans to agree with him. That blame coloured so much of how the public saw Obama during his presidency. The public thought he was dealing with a brand of Republican leader that just didn't exist any more.” PeoplePartyLeaderSawsChangedRepublicanAgreeBlameExtremesBrandsRememberedPresidencyRepublican Party Author:Jonathan Chait
“People don't have an ongoing relation unless it's a form of debt because everything is an exchange, so ongoing relationships are incomplete exchanges, and therefore one party is probably to blame - more likely than not, both are. Sociality itself seems to become like a matter of sin, and inherently wrong.” PeopleMatterSeemsFormSinPartyRelationBlameDebtOngoingIncomplete Author:David Graeber
“I love Vice President Biden, let's make this clear. But we do need somebody that is going to reconnect with the heart and soul of everyday Americans in this country. The Democrats failed on that. And we can place blame on everybody else that we want to. But the bottom line is you can both love this party and critique this party.” HeartSoulCountryPresidentPartyBlameDemocratEverydayBottomCritiqueHeart And SoulVice President Author:Nina Turner
“Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought.” IfsWaterPartyHumilityForgivenessRainBlameCreditOpponentsRainy DayDroughtHumility And Modesty Author:Dwight Morrow
“Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much; Who, born for the Universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.” MindLyingUniverseBornPartyToo MuchMankindGeniusPraiseBlameGave Up Author:Samuel Johnson
“[from the television show,"Evade the Question Time"]At the end of the first round, I will award three points to Mr. Kaine for an excellent nonspecific condemnation, plus one bonus point for blaming the previous government and another for successfully mutating the question to promote the party line. Mr. van de Poste gets a point for a firm rebuttal, but only two points for his condemnation, as he tried to inject an impartial and intelligent observation.” FirstsTwoEndsShowsGovernmentThreeLinesPartyTelevisionIntelligentBlameRoundsObservationExcellentFirmPlusAwardsVansCondemnationTelevision ShowsBonusRebuttal Author:Jasper Fforde
“Who is this vague "they" we blame for so many of our problems? "They" is the obscure party we use as our whipping boy to camouflage the fact that we - you and I and other specific human beings just like us - have to start doing things differently. "They" can't fix anything. We can.” HumansFactsUseProblemJusticeHuman BeingsPartyBoysBlameVagueObscureCamouflageWhipping Author:Price Pritchett