“Like environmentalists, politicians generally privilege flora and fauna over folks. (NIMBYs excepted. Senator Edward Kennedy is a not-in-my-backyard environmentalist: he opposes wind farms in Nantucket Sound, offshore from his Hyannis Port compound.)” SoundWindPoliticianFolksPrivilegeFarmsSenatorsCompoundsPortBackyardsEnvironmentalistFloraOffshoreFlora And FaunaWind FarmsNantucket Author:Ilana Mercer
“We dont need more of the same, typical politicians fighting for themselves and for special interests. We need someone to believe in our small-business owners again and someone to champion those folks who play by the rules.” NeedsBelievePlayFightingInterestSpecialPoliticianFolksChampionOwnersTypicalSmall BusinessSpecial InterestsBusiness OwnersSmall Business Owners Author:Tim Walz
“If you want to understand a nation, look at its dances and listen to its folk songs - don't pay any attention to its politicians.” IfsWantLooksSongNationsPayAttentionPoliticianDanceFolksFolk Songs Author:Agnes de Mille
“Politicians are terrified of losing touch with folks back home but content to be clueless about governments failure to fix real problems.” RealProblemHomeGovernmentPoliticianLosingFolksTerrifiedBack HomeReal ProblemsClueless Author:Jim Cooper
“Like environmentalists, politicians generally privilege flora and fauna over folks.” PoliticianFolksPrivilegeEnvironmentalistFloraFlora And FaunaNantucket Author:Ilana Mercer
“Some of the same politicians and pundits that are so quick to reject the possibility of a diplomatic solution to Iran's nuclear program are the same folks who were so quick to go to war in Iraq and said it would take a few months.” KnowsSaidWarChoicesBloodPossibilityMonthsPoliticianCostSolutionsConsequenceProgramFolksIraqNuclearTreasureRejectsIranDiplomaticPundits Author:Barack Obama
“Politicians had always viewed environmental issues as narrow things of no great political consequence. Sort of NIMBY issues. A big part of the reason was that the groups that cared about wilderness didn't talk with the groups that were trying to stop freeways from cutting through inner cities, and neither of them talked to the folks who wanted to stop the military from dumping Agent Orange on Vietnam.” TryingReasonBigsWantedPoliticalCitiesIssuesCuttingGroupsMilitaryPoliticianConsequenceEnvironmentalFolksAgentsWildernessVietnamOrangeInner CityFreewaysEnvironmental IssuesGreat PoliticalAgent Orange Author:Denis Hayes
“I just think the more the media uses their time-honored blueprint techniques to destroy Republican politicians... It hasn't worked on Trump yet, and they've been trying it a year and a half, folks. We're dangerously close here to the definition of insanity: "Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result." It's not Trump who's insane. Trump's having the time of his life.” ThinkingTryingYearsDifferentUseResultsHalfMediaTrumpPoliticianRepublicanFolksDefinitionsTechniqueInsaneInsanityExpectingHonoredBlueprintsDefinition Of Insanity Author:Rush Limbaugh