“The party of Lincoln and Liberty was transmogrified into the party of hairy-backed swamp developers and corporate shills, faith-based economists, fundamentalist bullies with Bibles, Christians of convenience, freelance racists, misanthropic frat boys, shrieking midgets of AM radio, tax cheats, nihilists in golf pants, brownshirts in pinstripes, sweatshop tycoons. ... Republicans: The No. 1 reason the rest of the world thinks we're deaf, dumb, and dangerous.” ThinkingWorldReasonChristianPoliticalPartyLibertyBoysDangerousRepublicanTaxesGolfRadioDumbCorporateRacistPantsCheatEconomistBullyDeafConvenienceFundamentalistSwampsDevelopersFaith BasedMidgetNihilistMisanthropicSweatshopsTycoonsShills Author:Garrison Keillor
“I advocate revolutionary changes...an end to capitalist exploitation, the abolition of racist policies, the eradication of sexism and the elimination of political repression. If that is a crime, then I am totally guilty” IfsEndsPoliticalCrimePolicyGuiltyRevolutionaryRacistSexismCapitalistExploitationRepressionAbolitionEliminationRevolutionary Change Author:Assata Shakur
“Political correctness is a concept invented by hard-rightwing forces to defend their right to be racist, to treat women in a degrading way and to be truly vile about gay people. They invent this idea of people who are politically correct, with a rigid, monstrous attitude to life so they can attack. But we have all had to learn to modify our language. That's all part of being a decent human being.” PeopleWayHumansIdeasHardPoliticalLanguageForceHuman BeingsAttitudeGayConceptsTreatsDecentRacistMonstrousPolitical CorrectnessGay PeopleCorrectnessPolitically CorrectDegrading Author:Clare Short
“You'll hear people say it's racist to test. Folks, it's racist not to test. Because guess who gets shuffled through the system oftentimes? Children whose parents don't speak English as a first language, inner-city kids. It's so much easier to quit on somebody than to remediate.” PeopleFirstsChildrenHumorKidsPoliticalSpeakLanguageParentCitiesEasierTestsFolksQuittingRacistPolitical HumorSpeak EnglishInner City Author:George W. Bush