“Financial regulation is the next item on the political horizon, and it doesn't have to be the deathly dull wonk-battle that it sounds like. In fact, if the Democrats do their job, it can just as easily become a platform for addressing the greatest issues of them all.” IfsFactsJobsPoliticalNextSoundIssuesBattleDemocratFinancialDullHorizonRegulationPlatformsItemsFinancial Regulation Author:Thomas Frank
“The reason political party platforms are so long is that when you straddle anything it takes a long time to explain it.” LongReasonPoliticalTimePoliticsPartyPoliticianLong TimePlatformsPolitical Parties Author:Will Rogers
“I'm not good at standing on platforms and persuading people to my political point of view. Nor would I seek to. My gift is completely different. It's for presenting an imaginative version of the world which I hope people would recognize and be affected by.” PeopleWorldDifferentPoliticalViewsStandingPoint Of ViewVersionsAffectedPlatformsImaginativePresentingPersuading Author:David Hare
“Every possible effort should be made to stop recruiting for the Armed Forces. This may, and probably would, lead to some form of conscription being proposed or introduced. Thus would be provided a most favourable political platform upon which to fight the National Government.” ShouldMayMadeGovernmentWould BeFormPoliticalFightingForceEffortPlatformsArmed ForcesConscription Author:Stafford Cripps
“First of all, just because the Tea Party people appear to be generally uneducated, ignorant about the political process, ignorant about economics, confused about their own platform from the beginning, and indelicate when it comes to the craft of diplomacy, doesn't mean they're wrong.” PeopleFirstsMeanPoliticalProcessPartyEconomicsIgnorantCraftsTeaConfusedPlatformsDiplomacyTea PartyUneducatedEducated And Uneducated Author:Steven Van Zandt