“There are moderates in Israel. There are moderates in Iran, there are moderates in the Republican Party, moderates in the Democratic Party. What we need to do is we need link all of these moderates together and to figure out a way by which this particular coalition can speak to important issues to marginalize the voice of the extremists.” WayNeedsImportantTogetherSpeakVoicePartyIssuesFiguresParticularRepublicanDemocraticIsraelIranLinksRepublican PartyModeratesDemocratic PartyExtremistCoalitionsImportant Issues Author:Feisal Abdul Rauf
“In the political, the social, the economic, even the cultural sphere, the revolutions of our time have been revolutions "against" rather than revolutions "for"... On the whole throughout this period the man--or party--that stood for doing the positive has usually cut a pathetic figure; well meaning but ineffectual, civilized but unrealistic, he was suspect alike to [by both] the ultras of destruction and the ultras of preservation and restoration.” MenWellsHas BeensWholePoliticalSocialPartyCuttingEconomicFiguresRevolutionPeriodsDestructionOur TimeSuspectsCivilizedSpheresPreservationPatheticRestorationUltras Book:Landmarks of Tomorrow: A Report on the New Source: Landmarks of Tomorrow: A Report on the New
“My job is to try to figure out how to fix things, and I'm going to fix things as best as I can. I'm going to get a team together to fix things. And I can't sit around and worrying what the heck the chairman of the Republican Party thinks about what I'm doing.” ThinkingTryingI CanTogetherJobsPartyWorryTeamFiguresRepublicanRepublican PartyChairman Author:John Kasich
“Now that the midterm elections are over, President Obama has invited congressional leaders from both parties to a meeting at the White House tomorrow. When asked if he's nervous, Obama said, 'Oh, I'm not going to be there. I just invited them over. They can figure it out themselves.'” IfsSaidHousePresidentWhitePartyLeaderFiguresTomorrowElectionMeetingsNervousWhite HousePresident ObamaInvitedMidtermsMidterm Elections Author:Jimmy Fallon
“I love how I can see [on Twitter] some of the thoughts and ideas of my favorite cultural figures and still also chatter with my friends and family. It's a cocktail party with a fraction of the awkwardness of an actual cocktail party.” StillsI CanIdeasPartyFiguresMy FriendsMy FavoriteFamily And FriendsFractionsCocktailsChatterAwkwardnessCocktail PartiesThoughts And Ideas Author:Roxane Gay
“I really don't understand how bipartisanship is ever going to work when one of the parties is insane. Imagine trying to negotiate an agreement on dinner plans with your date, and you suggest Italian and she states her preference would be a meal of tire rims and anthrax. If you can figure out a way to split the difference there and find a meal you will both enjoy, you can probably figure out how bipartisanship is going to work the next few years.” IfsWayTryingYearsStatesWould BeNextEnjoyDifferencesPartyImaginePlansFiguresDinnerInsaneMealsAgreementItalianSplitsPreferenceGoing To WorkTireRimsBipartisanshipAnthrax Author:John Cole
“I think our party and particularly our movement, the conservative movement, does have more of a problem with con men and charlatans than the Democratic Party. I mean, the incentives seem to be set up to allow people - as long as you have a band of a few million fanatical followers, you can make money. The Democrats have managed to figure out how not to do that.” PeopleThinkingMenMeanLongDoeProblemSeemsPartyMillionsFiguresMovementBandDemocraticDemocratConservativeMaking MoneyFollowersIncentivesDemocratic PartyCharlatans Author:Ann Coulter
“Is it like gay men go into the priesthood because they figure, Well, this'll solve my problem. I can't be a homosexual in the priesthood; it'll just go away. Maybe I'll try it with the Republican Party.” MenTryingWellsI CanProblemPartyFiguresRepublicanGaySolveGoing AwayHomosexualRepublican PartyPriesthoodGay Men Author:Bill Maher