“The selection of a Republican candidate for the presidency of this globalized and expansive empire is - and I mean this seriously - the greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance that has ever been.” MeanIgnoranceRepublicanCompetitionCandidatesEmpiresPresidencySelectionIdiocy Author:Fidel Castro
“Here's what the right-wing has in, there's no shortage of the natural resources of ignorance, apathy, hate, fear. As long as those things are in the collective conscious and unconscious, the Republicans will have some votes.” LongHateNaturalIgnoranceRepublicanConsciousResourcesVoteWingsUnconsciousCollectivesApathyRight WingNatural ResourcesShortageConscious And Unconscious Author:Janeane Garofalo
“Forts, arsenals, garrisons, armies, navies, are means of security and defence, which were invented in half-civilized times and in feudal or despotic countries; but schoolhouses are the republican line of fortifications, and if they are dismantled and dilapidated, ignorance and vice will pour in their legions through every breach.” IfsMeanCountryLinesHalfSecurityIgnoranceRepublicanArmyVicesCivilizedNavyDefenceArsenalLegionBreachFortsArmy NavyFortification Book:Common School Journal Source: Common School Journal
“In trying to explain our political paralysis, analysts cite President Obama's tactical missteps, the obstinacy of congressional Republicans, rising partisanship in Washington, and the Senate filibuster, which has devolved into a super-majority threshold for important legislation. These are large factors to be sure, but that list neglects what may be the biggest culprit of all: the childishness, ignorance, and growing incoherence of the public at large.” TryingMayImportantPoliticalPresidentGrowingIgnoranceRepublicanMajorityListsFactorsRisingNeglectPresident ObamaSenateLegislationThresholdAnalystsParalysisPartisanshipCitingObstinacyTacticalCulpritChildishnessIncoherenceFilibuster Author:Jacob Weisberg
“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