“It's important that we recognize how extreme the Republicans are in almost every case and how against our self-interest it is to vote for them whether or not we are disappointed with the current crew. At least they believe in the Constitution. At least they have an idea of economic justice. The Republicans are devoted to creating more rich folks.” BelieveImportantIdeasSelfInterestJusticeCasesRichEconomicRepublicanCreatingVoteConstitutionFolksCurrentsExtremesDisappointedDevotedCrewSelf InterestEconomic Justice Author:Gloria Steinem
“The Democrats and Republicans stand at two extremes, characterized by which parts of our lives they emphasize their desire to control. Libertarians reject both extremes in favor of the government leaving control of your life to you.” TwoGovernmentDesireLibertyOur LivesRepublicanDemocratLeavingExtremesLibertarianFavorsRejectsTwo ExtremesControl Of Your Life Author:Michael Badnarik
“The Republican Party has pretty much abandoned any pretense of being a traditional political party. It's in lockstep obedience to the very rich, the super rich and the corporate sector. They can't get votes that way so they have to mobilize a different constituency. It's always been there, but it's rarely been mobilized politically. They call it the religious right, but basically it's the extreme religious population.” WayDifferentPoliticalReligiousPartyRichRepublicanVotePopulationExtremesTraditionalObedienceCorporateAbandonedRepublican PartyPolitical PartiesPretense Author:Noam Chomsky
“I do think there are very few extreme right-wing gay Republicans. Although it depends how you define "extreme right-wing." They're making a political calculation.” ThinkingPoliticalDependsRepublicanGayWingsExtremesCalculationsRight Wing Author:Kirby Dick
“Due to the major demographic changes we have gone through in the last few years in this country, we will be a majority/minority nation and there are a large number of people who do not like that. Donald Trump has tapped into those people's fears because he comes from the extreme right wing part of the Republican Party, as does Ted Cruz. They believe that we should cut taxes to wealthy Americans and enforce anti immigrant laws. They don't believe in Education or Social Security, they would end it and change it and privatize it.” PeopleShouldYearsBelieveDoeEndsCountryLastsLawNationsSocialPartyNumbersGoneCuttingSecurityTrumpRepublicanTaxesMajorsMajorityWingsDon't BelieveExtremesDuesMinoritiesImmigrantsWealthyRepublican PartySocial SecurityRight WingLarge NumbersDemographicsCruz Author:Debbie Wasserman Schultz
“The Republican Party seems just as eager as the Democrats to pronounce their voters as extreme kooks.” SeemsPartyRepublicanDemocratExtremesVotersRepublican Party Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Because many people remembered a time when the Republican Party was not so extreme, and hadn't full grasped how much it had changed, people blamed Obama for his failure to get Republicans to agree with him. That blame coloured so much of how the public saw Obama during his presidency. The public thought he was dealing with a brand of Republican leader that just didn't exist any more.” PeoplePartyLeaderSawsChangedRepublicanAgreeBlameExtremesBrandsRememberedPresidencyRepublican Party Author:Jonathan Chait
“Trump has picked the more extreme versions of all Republicans so far, the more aggressive. And I think the thing to watch out for is, I could totally paint a scenario where Trump runs an authoritarian regime. I can totally paint a scenario where he has no control over his own government.” ThinkingI CanGovernmentRunningWatchesTrumpRepublicanPaintExtremesVersionsAggressiveRegimesScenarios Author:David Brooks