“Having a Republican candidate speak at the NAACP convention is like trying to build a house starting at the roof. If you don't have a foundation, the roof isn't going to stand.” IfsTryingHouseSpeakRepublicanFoundationStartingCandidatesConventionsRoofNaacp Author:J. C. Watts
“Did you see the 2000 Republican Presidential Convention? The last time the Republicans had that many Black people on a stage, they were selling them!” PeopleLastsBlackStageRepublicanSellingPresidentialBlack PeopleConventionsLast Time Author:Bill Maher
“If you look at what is happening in Republican conventions across the country, they are energized. And the message is really the same - that is, big government is a problem, spending is a problem.” IfsLooksCountryProblemBigsGovernmentRepublicanMessagesHappeningsSpendingConventionsBig Government Author:Pete Sessions
“I was at the 1976 Republican Convention in Kansas City. I was running 'Nobody for President' at the time. I printed up these press releases and handed them out to the crowd at the Kemper Arena. 'Nobody keeps campaign promises.' 'Nobody lowers your taxes.' 'Nobody should have that much power.' 'Nobody is in Washington working for you.'” ShouldRunningPresidentCitiesPromiseRepublicanTaxesShould HavePressesCrowdsCampaignsReleaseConventionsArenaPrintedKansasKansas CityPress Release Author:Wavy Gravy
“Have you noticed how the Republicans and Democrats try to copy each other at their conventions. Like at the Democratic convention John Kerry's daughter told a story about how he once gave CPR to her hamster. At the Republican convention the Bush girls are going to tell a story about how when their hamster was bad, their dad built them a little electric chair.” TryingLittlesStoriesGirlDadRepublicanDaughterBuiltDemocraticDemocratChairsCopiesConventionsElectricJohn KerryHamstersElectric ChairCpr Author:Jay Leno
“The Republican convention, an event with the intellectual content of a Guns'n'Roses lyric attended by every ofay insurance brokerin America who owns a pair of white shoes.” AmericaWhitePartyEventsRepublicanIntellectualGunRoseShoesPairsConventionsRepublican PartyGuns N RosesWhite Shoes Book:Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government Source: Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government
“I knew Thomas Jefferson. He was a friend of mine. And believe me, you are no Thomas Jefferson. (at 1992 Republican party convention, referring to Bill Clinton)” BelievePartyMinesRepublicanBillsClintonConventionsBelieve In MeRepublican PartyReferring Author:Ronald Reagan
“There's a War Crimes Act in the United States passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, which says that grave breaches of the Geneva Convention are subject to the death penalty. And that doesn't mean the soldier that committed them - that means the commanders.” MeanWarStatesUnitedUnited StatesSubjectsCrimeRepublicanSoldierCongressCommittedGravesConventionsPenaltiesDeath PenaltyCommandersBreachWar CrimesGenevaGeneva Convention Author:Noam Chomsky
“Republicans are just rich, old, white people - that's all they are. You ever see the Republican National Convention? All white people - six black people: paid actors. James Earl Jones in his most difficult, challenging role! Tune in and attempt to watch him look pleased during a George Bush speech. And Clarence Thomas - as himself.” PeopleLooksActorsDifficultBlackChallengesWhiteRolesWatchesRichRepublicanSpeechSixPaidTunesBlack PeopleConventions Author:Andy Kindler
“However, there will be a Republican Party platform that will coalesce around their convention. Unless I miss my guess, it will be considerably more conservative on these issues, perhaps even than Governor Romney is, and I think that that will give Americans a clear set of choices about all issues, but about women's issues too.” ThinkingGivingChoicesPartyIssuesClearMissingRepublicanConservativeConventionsPlatformsGovernorsRepublican PartyRomneyGovernor Romney Author:Anna Quindlen
“I went to my first national convention in 1976, when my family supported [Ronald] Reagan over [Gerald] Ford, so we've always been Republicans, but we've always wanted the Republican Party to be the party of fiscally conservative, limited-government types. And I think, sometimes, we haven't done that as well.” ThinkingFirstsWellsSometimesDoneGovernmentWantedPartyHavensTypeRepublicanMy FamilyConservativeConventionsRepublican PartyLimited GovernmentGerald Ford Author:Rand Paul
“This is a critical time in American history. [Donald's Trump] strength is willingness to stand up to political conventions, take on Republican and Democrat leaders, and, in effect, do so in defense of the legitimate interest of people who make less than median income in America, is the key to victory.” PeopleAmericaPoliticalInterestLeaderEffectsKeysTrumpVictoryRepublicanDemocratCriticalDefenseIncomeWillingnessConventionsAmerican HistoryMedian Author:Jeff Sessions
“At the Republican convention, there were lots of words used to describe Hillary Clinton, but warm, funny and caring weren't among them.” UsedRepublicanClintonCaringWarmConventions Author:Tamara Keith
“I'm beginning to think [Ted] Cruz had a good convention, that if [Donald] Trump goes down, Cruz is pretty well positioned to be the Republican major figure in four, six or even within two years.” IfsThinkingYearsWellsTwoFourFiguresTrumpRepublicanSixMajorsTwo YearsConventionsCruz Author:David Brooks
“For the Republican Convention, I think of Trump's speech and sort of the darkness, the fear of crime, the need for a strong arm really, and so that one core theme.” ThinkingNeedsStrongDarknessCrimeArmsTrumpRepublicanSpeechCoreThemeConventionsStrong Arms Author:David Brooks
“[Donald Trump] spreading preposterous rumors that [Ted] Cruz`s father had connections to Lee Harvey Oswald and the assassination of JFK. That put a bit of a damper on the bromance ultimately culminating in Cruz`s epic non-endorsement at the Republican convention.” FatherBitsTrumpRepublicanConnectionsConventionsEpicRumorAssassinationCruzEndorsementsHarveyBromance Author:Chris Hayes
“I thought it was remarkable in July [2016] when he pointedly declined to endorse Ted Cruz at the Republican convention, because I thought that was not in his political best interest.” PoliticalInterestRepublicanRemarkableConventionsJulyCruz Author:Josh Barro
“This is a guy [Michael Flynn] who stood up at the Republican convention and reveled in the chants of "lock her up" about Hillary Clinton.” GuyRepublicanClintonConventionsLocksStood Up Author:John Heilemann
“As so often, a political event involving Donald Trump looks like swinging wildly between melodrama and farce. The Republican National Convention in Cleveland has begun with accusations of plagiarism after Mr Trump's wife Melania gave a speech dotted with sentences that appeared to have been lifted from a speech that Michelle Obama gave in 2008.” LooksHas BeensPoliticalWifeEventsTrumpRepublicanSpeechSentencesConventionsInvolvingAccusationPlagiarismClevelandFarceMelodrama Author:Mark Colvin
“The people who are showing up [on the Republican National Convention ], either they are ones who actually believe in Donald Trump, or they think there's enough they care about, sort of keeping the party afloat and avoiding a sweeping loss in the centre of the house, they're going to show up and give him some kind of base.” PeopleThinkingGivingBelieveKindEnoughShowsCareHouseLossPartyTrumpRepublicanConventionsCentreAvoidingSweepingShowing Up Author:Mark Colvin
“The proportion of [Donald's Trump] own direct family members who are speaking [on the Republican National Convention] is high to an unprecedented degree and a proportion of sort of figures of policy substance is unprecedentedly low. But the word unprecedentedly can be applied to simply everything that's happening this year.” YearsFiguresPolicyTrumpRepublicanMembersDegreesLowsHappeningsDirectSubstanceProportionConventionsUnprecedentedFamily Members Author:Mark Colvin
“[Donald] Trump wanted the nomination, and all these other Republicans and their supporters didn't want Trump to have the nomination. So who became the villains? What Trump wanted became the story. "Will he get it? Will Trump get to 1,237?" Did not Ted Cruz become a villain in the middle of this by virtue of trying to stop the hero by getting delegates in all of the state conventions?” WantTryingStatesStoriesWantedVirtueMiddleTrumpHeroRepublicanVillainConventionsSupporterNominationsCruzDelegates Author:Rush Limbaugh
“A Russian citizen who worked for the [Donald] Trump campaign manager in Ukraine, worked for Paul Manafort when Manafort was working in Ukraine, that Russian citizen visited the United States around the time of the Republican convention.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesTrumpCitizensRepublicanCampaignsManagersConventionsUkraine Author:Rachel Maddow
“The day after the Republican convention ended, there was another political bomb that was dropped on the U.S. presidential election [2016] from Russia. The day after the Republican convention ended, right before the Democratic Convention began we got what U.S. intelligence agencies believed to be the next big Russian incursion into our election. We got the first WikiLeaks dump.” FirstsBigsPoliticalNextRepublicanElectionDemocraticRussiaPresidentialAgencyBombsConventionsDumpPresidential ElectionWikileaksIntelligence Agencies Author:Rachel Maddow