“But in the right-wing media, they do have a right-wing bias. And they also have an agenda. So their agenda is: we're an adjunct of the Republican Party, and we're going push that agenda every day, and, as you say, brand these stories that help further the right-wing cause.” HelpingStoriesCausesPartyMediaRepublicanPrejudiceWingsBrandsAgendasBiasRepublican PartyRight Wing Author:Al Franken
“In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude. Every man will speak as he thinks, or, more properly, without thinking, and consequently will judge of effects without attending to their causes.” ThinkingMenGovernmentSpeakCausesVoiceEffectsJudgingRepublicanEvery ManMultitudesAttendingRepublican Government Book:Life Source: Life
“It could be clearly proved that by a practical nullification [by the South] of the Fifteenth Amendment the Republicans have for several years been deprived of a majority in both the House and Senate. The failure of the South to faithfully observe the Fifteenth Amendment is the cause of the failure of all efforts towards complete pacification. It is on this hook that the bloody shirt now hangs.” YearsHouseCausesEffortRepublicanMajoritySouthPracticalsShirtsSenateAmendmentsBloodyHookDeprivedNullification Author:Rutherford B. Hayes
“My principles, and those always received by the republicans, do not admit to removing any person from office merely for a difference of political opinion. Malversations in office, and the exerting of official influence to control the freedom of election are good causes for removal.” PersonsPoliticalCausesDifferencesOpinionPrinciplesInfluenceRepublicanOfficeElectionOfficialsRemovalGood CausesPolitical Opinions Author:Thomas Jefferson
“The National Federation of Republican Women has a long history of helping bring women into the political process while promoting the Republican cause.” LongHelpingPoliticalCausesProcessRepublicanPromotingFederation Author:Laura Bush
“The only reason the president insists on raising [tax] rates is because he knows it will destroy Republican unity, it will cause a complete fracture of the Republican majority in the house, it will hand him a Congress that he can then manipulate for the next two years at least because the Republicans will be neutered. ... This is entirely a political action, a way to get a surrender from the Republicans.” KnowsWayYearsTwoReasonHandsActionPoliticalNextHouseCausesPresidentRepublicanTaxesMajorityUnityRateCongressSurrenderTwo YearsManipulatePolitical ActionFractureRaising Taxes Author:Charles Krauthammer
“The Bush administration has now provided three case studies in arrogance, isolation and destructiveness: Michael Brown during Hurricane Katrina, Ambassador Jerry Bremer in Baghdad and Secretary Paulson at Treasury. It is a tragic and very expensive legacy. No conservative and no Republican should doubt how much it has hurt our cause and our party.” ShouldThreeCausesHurtPartyCasesStudyDoubtRepublicanConservativeAdministrationLegacyArroganceIsolationExpensiveBrownTragicSecretaryHurricanesJerryAmbassadorsTreasuryBaghdadKatrinaHurricane KatrinaDestructivenessCase Studies Author:Newt Gingrich
“Sarah Palin is backing in be to Republican presidential politics in a big way with a big high profile endorsement decision.That is, I think, probably going to cause a lot of upset in one particular part of the Republican establishment.” ThinkingWayBigsCausesDecisionParticularRepublicanPresidentialUpsetEstablishmentProfilePalinEndorsementsHigh Profile Author:Rachel Maddow
“It is a cause of shame to any member of the human race to be a member of the same species some of whose members could vote for any candidate for president that has been offered by the Republican party. Such people seem to be motivated only by short-sighted greed, ignorance, fear and hatred.” PeopleHumansHas BeensSeemsCausesPresidentPartyRaceIgnoranceRepublicanMembersHatredVoteShameSpeciesGreedHuman RaceCandidatesMotivatedRepublican PartyShort Sighted Author:Allen W. Wood
“I still don't feel responsible for what Donald Trump says or does. But I do feel a responsibility as president of the United States to make sure that I facilitate a good transition and I present to him as well, as the American people my best thinking, my best ideas about how you move the country forward. To speak out with respect to areas where I think the Republican party's wrong, but to pledge to work with them on those things that I think will advance the causes of security and prosperity and justice and inclusiveness in America.” PeopleThinkingFeelsWellsDoeStillsIdeasCountryStatesAmericaMovingSpeakCausesPresidentJusticeUnitedPartyResponsibilityUnited StatesSecurityTrumpRepublicanAreasResponsibleProsperityTransitionRepublican PartyPledgeSpeaks OutFacilitateInclusiveness Author:Barack Obama