“There's a real difference between venture capitalism and vulture capitalism. Venture capitalism we like. Vulture capitalism, no. And the fact of the matter is that he's going to have to face up to this at some time or another, and South Carolina is as good a place to draw that line in the sand as any.” KnowsTryingRealMatterStatesDoneFactsUseProblemJobsFacesPresidentDifferencesLinesUnitedUnited StatesKnow HowRepublicanPaperDrawsCapitalismSouthSandTexasVentureCarolinaSouth CarolinaVultureLines In The Sand Author:Rick Perry
“In 1838, Mirabeau B. Lamar, the Second President of the Republic of Texas and the Father of Texas education, declared: 'The cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy. It is the only dictator that free man acknowledges. It is the only security that free man desires.'” MenMindDesireFatherPresidentEducationDemocracySecurityGeniusAcknowledgeRepublicTexasDictatorGuardianFree Man Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965
“The White House says that the vacation in Texas will give President Bush the chance to unwind. My question is, when does the guy wind?” GivingDoeGuyHousePoliticsPresidentChanceWhiteWindWhite HouseTexasVacationPresident BushUnwind Author:David Letterman
“You gotta love Rick Perry's swagger. The Texas Governor is out there in the Iowa cornfields, unabashedly going to toe-to-toe with President Obama, doing his best to instantly cast himself as the big dog in the Republican pack.” BigsPresidentDogRepublicanCastsTexasPresident ObamaGovernorsPacksToesIowaSwagger Author:Jeff Goodell
“We want freedom by any means necessary. We want justice by any means necessary. We want equality by any means necessary. We don't feel that in 1964, living in a country that is supposedly based upon freedom, and supposedly the leader of the free world, we don't think that we should have to sit around and wait for some segregationist congressmen and senators and a President from Texas in Washington, D.C., to make up their minds that our people are due now some degree of civil rights. No, we want it now or we don't think anybody should have it.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantFeelsShouldMindMeanCountryWaitingPresidentJusticeLeaderRightsDegreesShould HaveDuesCivil RightsTexasSenatorsCongressmanFree World Book:By any means necessary Source: By any means necessary
“Texas senator and tea party favorite Ted Cruz announced he's running for president. He pledged to lead America boldly forward into the 1950s.” RunningAmericaPresidentPartyTeaTexasSenatorsTea PartyCruz Author:Conan O'Brien
“Texas Senator Ted Cruz said if elected president he would abolish the Department of Education. But not to worry. He promised to replace it with the less expensive Bureau of Book Learning.” IfsSaidBookPresidentWorryExpensiveDepartmentTexasSenatorsAbolishCruzBook Learning Author:Conan O'Brien
“A congressman from Texas sent out a tweet comparing President Obama to Hitler. That is ridiculous because at this point in his career Hitler had a much higher approval rating.” PresidentCareersHigherRidiculousCompareTexasPresident ObamaApprovalTweetRatingCongressmanApproval Rating Author:Conan O'Brien
“Texas Senator Ted Cruz announced he is running for president. Ted Cruz was born in Canada, his father fled to the United States from Cuba, and yet Ted Cruz is against immigration. Isn't that odd?” StatesRunningFatherPresidentBornUnitedUnited StatesImmigrationOddCanadaTexasSenatorsCubaCruz Author:David Letterman
“After President Obama announced his support for net neutrality yesterday, Texas Senator Ted Cruz tweeted that 'Net neutrality is Obamacare for the Internet.' While Ted Cruz continues to be the Taylor Swift of not getting over Obamacare.” PresidentSupportInternetYesterdayTexasPresident ObamaSenatorsObamacareNeutralityCruzNet Neutrality Author:Jimmy Fallon
“They are having a panel look into the intelligence failures in Iraq. It is a seven-person panel and it will include Senator John McCain, but the findings from this panel will not be issued until after the election. President Bush says the commission can go off and report back in a year, you know, the same way it works in the Texas National Guard.” KnowsWayYearsLooksPersonsPresidentFindingsElectionSevenIraqReportsTexasSenatorsPresident BushMccainNational Guard Author:Bill Maher
“Well, President-elect Barack Obama and his family are gonna spend the holidays in his home state of Hawaii. And you know who couldn't be more thrilled with this? The press, the reporters who follow the president. Well, think about it. After eight years of spending every holiday cutting brush in Crawford, Texas, they get to go to Hawaii!” ThinkingKnowsYearsWellsStatesHomePresidentCuttingPressesEightSpendingBarackHolidayTexasReportersBrushesHawaiiHome State Author:Jay Leno
“Is it me or is President Bush's life starting to sound like a country song. He's from Texas, his dog just died, and it looks like he might lose his job. Next thing, his truck is going to break down.” LooksCountryMightJobsSongNextSoundPresidentLosesBreakDogDiedStartingTexasBreaking DownTruckPresident Bush Author:Jay Leno
“Well, that's going to be up to the pundits and the people to make up their mind. I'll tell you what is a president for him, for example, talking about my record in the state of Texas. I mean, he's willing to say anything in order to convince people that I haven't had a good record in Texas.” PeopleMindWellsMeanStatesHumorPoliticalOrderPresidentTalkingRecordsHavensExampleWillingConvinceTexasSay AnythingPolitical HumorPunditsGood Records Author:George W. Bush
“Texas Governor Rick Perry now says his wife has been encouraging him to run for President. Remember first he told us God told him to run; now his wife is telling him to run. Of course, the big difference; if you ignore what God says you don't have to hear about it until the afterlife. That's the only difference.” IfsFirstsHas BeensBigsRunningRememberCoursesPresidentDifferencesWifeTexasAfterlifeGovernors Author:Jay Leno
“President Obama's been reaching out to Iran, reaching out to Cuba, reaching out to Latin America. The only place he can't seem to be able to reach out to: Texas. ... Despite Governor Rick Perry talking about how Texas could secede from the Union if it wanted to, 75 per cent of the people who live there want to stay in the United States. Of course they want to stay. I mean, after spending all that time and effort sneaking across the border to get here, why would they want to leave?” PeopleIfsWantMeanStatesSeemsAbleWantedAmericaCoursesPresidentUnitedEffortTalkingUnited StatesUnionsSpendingDespiteBordersReachingIranLatinTexasPresident ObamaReach OutCentsGovernorsCubaLatin America Author:Jay Leno
“President Bush fell off his mountain bike down on his ranch in Texas. A couple weeks ago, John Kerry fell off his bicycle. See, doesn't this make you miss President Clinton? That guy, he could ride anything without falling off.” GuyFallPresidentWeekMissingCoupleMountainClintonTexasBikePresident BushBicycleThat GuyJohn KerryPresident ClintonFalling Off Author:Jay Leno
“Texas Democrats should be more concerned about what President Obama is doing to destroy the party, and the nation, than about what I am doing in going after him for that.” ShouldNationsPresidentPartyConcernedDemocratTexasPresident Obama Author:Kesha Rogers