“I think to close half of Magic Kingdom for the purpose of a White House invitation town hall meeting on a phony main street on behalf of a phony president just strikes me as weird.” ThinkingPurposeHousePresidentWhiteHalfMagicStreetsTownsMeetingsStrikesKingdomsHallsWhite HouseBehalfInvitationsPhonyMain StreetMagic Kingdom Author:Newt Gingrich
“I don't reject the concept of preemptive war. I'm a mother of five. I have five grandchildren. And I always say: Think of a lioness. Think of a mother bear. You come anywhere near our cubs, you're dead. And so, in terms of any threat to our country, people have to know we'll be there to preemptively strike. But what the president [Bush] did was, on the basis of no real intelligence for an imminent threat to our country, chose to go into a war for reasons that are still unknown to us.” PeopleThinkingKnowsStillsWarRealCountryReasonMotherPresidentTermFiveBearsConceptsBasesThreatStrikesOur CountryRejectsGrandchildrenPresident BushCubsLionessReal Intelligence Author:Nancy Pelosi
“There's already been black presidents who've been corrupt, so it doesn't strike me that having a black man in office means he's going to be the Messiah.” MenMeanBlackPresidentOfficeStrikesMessiahFiasco Author:Lupe Fiasco
“I'd still like to be the President, of course, and I think the best way to do that would be to raise an army and seize the Capital. This strikes me as true democracy.” ThinkingWayStillsWould BeCoursesPresidentDemocracyArmyRaisesStrikesBest WayTrue Democracy Author:Gore Vidal
“Our democratic values also include - and our national security demands - open and transparent government. Some information obviously needs to be protected. And since his first days in office, President Obama has worked to strike the proper balance between the security the American people deserve and the openness our democratic society expects.” PeopleNeedsFirstsGovernmentValuesPresidentSecurityInformationBalanceDemandOfficeDeserveDemocraticStrikesOpennessPresident ObamaProtectedNational SecurityTransparentDemocratic SocietyDemocratic Values Author:John O. Brennan