“Hopefully, at some point, people will at least credit the Republicans with carrying out their oversight responsibilities and with pursuing a principled course of action even in the face of everyone's short-attention spans.” PeopleActionFacesCoursesAttentionResponsibilityRepublicanCreditHopefullyAttention SpanOversightPrincipledShort Attention Spans Author:Barbara Olson
“I know things are going to get better in spite of both sides. Then when things do get better, then you'll hear the yell that will go up. The Democrats will swear that recovery was due to them. Now the Republicans, they'll say it was due to them. Nobody wanted to claim the credit for the country blowing up, but wait until it starts picking up and they'll both be on it then. See?” KnowsCountryWantedPoliticsWaitingSidesRepublicanClaimsDemocratCreditDuesRecoveryGet BetterSpiteSwearBoth SidesBlowing Up Author:Will Rogers
“I've watched politics for years. Republicans rarely get credit for the good things that happen in the economy during their watch. Democrats always get more credit than they deserve. They are just better at political discourse that we are.” YearsHappensPoliticalWatchesEconomyRepublicanDeserveGood ThingsDemocratCreditDiscoursePolitical Discourse Author:George W. Bush
“I don't want to sell credit to people who are going to hurt themselves with it. You should only sell products that are good for the people who use them. Some disagree with this, but I know I'm right. That is to say, you're talking to a Republican who admires Elizabeth Warren.” PeopleKnowsWantShouldUseHurtTalkingProductsRepublicanSellsCreditAdmireDisagree Author:Charlie Munger
“The Tucson speech [of Barack Obama] was brilliant, and I'm so angry at Republicans for jumping on him because you have to give credit. Part of being successful is to give credit to people who you may not disagree with when they do well.” PeopleGivingWellsMaySuccessfulRepublicanSpeechAngryCreditBrilliantBarackBeing SuccessfulDisagreeJumpingTucson Author:Frank Luntz
“In addition to trying to do the right thing and obey the law and follow principle, there's a part of the conservative, slash, Republican movement that believes if we just show that we're fair and impeccable, then we will get credit from those who think we're all these horrible things, and maybe they won't hate us as much.” IfsThinkingTryingBelieveShowsLawHatePrinciplesMovementRepublicanFairsConservativeCreditHorribleRight ThingHorrible ThingsImpeccable Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think that's what's - one of the things that is alarming to me is [Donald] Trump, and I think Trump supporters seem to believe, he won, huge upset, full credit to him, and has got the wind at his back. And Republicans on The Hill do want him to succeed, obviously, and they're deferring to him more than they deep down in private sort of wish - want to, but they are going to defer to him publicly for awhile. But I think that is going to run out faster than people think.” PeopleThinkingWantBelieveSeemsRunningWishWindHugeTrumpRepublicanSucceedCreditHillsFasterUpsetSupporterDeep DownWant Him Author:William Kristol
“The Tea Party I have huge disagreements with, obviously. But I give them credit for having activated themselves. And they made a difference in terms of moving the Republican Party, in terms of moving the country in a particular direction. It's a direction I disagreed with. But it showed that, in fact, you get involved, if your voice is heard it has an impact.” IfsGivingMadeCountryFactsMovingVoiceTermDifferencesPartyHeardParticularHugeInvolvedRepublicanImpactCreditTeaRepublican PartyGet InvolvedDisagreementTea Party Author:Barack Obama