“We're all a bunch of badminton birdies who just got batted from the Republican side of the court to the Democrat side. We'll eventually get batted back again, of course, unless libertarians can manage to do something about it. If your principal concern, like mine, is freedom, there's absolutely no discernable difference between the two 'majors,' and for all practical purposes, they're one big party - the Boot On Your Neck party - pretending to be two.” IfsTwoBigsPurposeCoursesSidesDifferencesPartyMinesRepublicanMajorsConcernCourtDemocratLibertarianPracticalsBunchManageNecksPretendingBootsPrincipalBack AgainBadminton Author:L. Neil Smith
“[The Republicans] offer . . . a detailed agenda for national renewal. . . . [On] reducing illegitimacy . . . the state will use . . . funds for programs to reduce out-of-wedlock pregnancies, to promote adoption, to establish and operate children's group homes, to establish and operate residential group homes for unwed mothers, or for any purpose the state deems appropriate. None of the taxpayer funds may be used for abortion services or abortion counseling.” MayChildrenStatesUseHomeUsedMotherPurposeGroupsRepublicanOffersProgramAbortionAppropriateAgendasFundPregnancyAdoptionRenewalTaxpayersReducingCounselingWedlock Author:Newt Gingrich
“When Republicans used reconciliation in 2001 for the Bush tax cuts, they used it to increase the deficit. The whole purpose of reconciliation is for deficit reduction!” WholeUsedPurposeCuttingRepublicanTaxesIncreaseDeficitReconciliationReductionTax Cuts Author:Kent Conrad
“I can assure you the National Federation is an organization of Republican women whose power, prestige, perception, and purpose will never be underestimated by anyone.” I CanPurposeRepublicanPerceptionOrganizationPrestigeUnderestimatedFederation Book:Gerald R. Ford: containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President Source: Gerald R. Ford: containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President
“Another agency - the IRS - did not do as well under Republicans who control Congress. The IRS is largely flatlined in their spending, but they did get about 300 million more funding. But I can only be used to help people pay their taxes and answer questions. It can't be used for any other purpose.” PeopleWellsI CanHelpingUsedPurposeAnswersPayMillionsRepublicanTaxesCongressSpendingAgencyFundingIrs Author:Susan Davis
“There's never going to be a time where the Republican Party rallies around and says you have to get out or anyone has to get out for purposes of rallying around Donald Trump.” PurposePartyTrumpRepublicanRepublican PartyRallying Author:Marco Rubio
“Republicans are suggesting that you take your retirement money and invest it in the stock market to take care of yourself but that leaves you with choices that you may not know anything about. The purpose of social Security is that you don't fall through the crack and find yourself destitute.” KnowsMayCarePurposeChoicesFallSocialSecurityRepublicanTake CareFinding YourselfCracksRetirementSocial SecuritySuggestingTake Care Of YourselfDestitute Author:Debbie Wasserman Schultz
“Despite the fact that the country was electing Republicans, Obama wasn't being stopped, and it's because of the political system. The political system has evolved into a giant bureaucracy, the primary purpose of which is self-preservation, not fixing anything.” SelfCountryFactsPoliticalPurposeRepublicanDespitePrimariesGiantsPreservationBureaucracyFixingPolitical SystemsSelf Preservation Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Republicans - Reagan but also George W. Bush - believed in freedom, and they believed in America's role. To have the governing party speak in terms of a zero-sum world, or speak in terms of America's purpose as no more than grabbing the largest share possible in the short run, goes against our foreign policy tradition that goes back to 1900, really.” WorldRunningAmericaPurposeSpeakTermPartyRolesSharePolicyRepublicanTraditionZeroForeign PolicyGoverningGrabbing Author:Daniel Fried
“The Tea Party is not monolithic. There is a battle between people who care about liberty and the Constitution and the Republican Establishment who is trying to take ownership of it and redirect it for its own purposes.” PeopleTryingCarePurposePartyLibertyRepublicanBattleConstitutionTeaEstablishmentOwnershipWho CaresTea Party Author:Naomi Wolf