“Self-deport? What the heck does that mean? I have no doubt Hispanics have been alienated during this campaign. But now there's an opportunity for Gov. Romney to have a sincere conversation about what we can do and why. I absolutely advocate for comprehensive immigration reform. Republicans want to be tough and say, 'Illegals, you're gone.' But the answer is a lot more complex than that.” WantMeanDoeHas BeensSelfOpportunityCan DoAnswersGoneDoubtRepublicanConversationToughComplexesCampaignsImmigrationReformNo DoubtSincereRomneyComprehensiveImmigration Reform Author:Susana Martinez
“Now, for Romney to believe that somebody's grandmother is going to be so cut off she is going to self deport... He certainly shows no concern for the humanity of people who are already here... I think you have to live in worlds of Swiss bank accounts and Cayman Island accounts and automatic $20 million a year income with no work to have some fantasy this far from reality.” PeopleThinkingWorldYearsBelieveSelfShowsRealityHumanityMillionsFantasyCuttingRepublicanConcernAccountsIncomeIslandsGrandmotherRomneyBank AccountsSwissCayman Islands Author:Newt Gingrich
“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 image the Republicans have of themselves needs the image they have of the Democrats to bring it into sharp focus. The Democrats are plainly a disreputable crowd; the Republicans, by contrast, are men of standing and sobriety. Many a middle-class American in many a small town has had to explain painfully why he chose to be a Democrat. No middle-class American need feel uneasy as a Republican. Even when he is a minority--for example, among the heathen on a college campus--he can, like any white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant, warm himself before his little fire of self-esteem.” MenNeedsFeelsLittlesSelfWhiteClassFireFocusMiddleSelf EsteemExampleCollegeRepublicanStandingTownsDemocratCrowdsWarmEsteemMinoritiesMiddle ClassContrastSmall TownProtestantsSobrietyCampusUneasyHeathenAnglo SaxonCollege Campus Author:Clinton Rossiter
“Our Founding Fathers well understood that concentrated power is the enemy of liberty and the rights of man. They knew that the American experiment in individual liberty, free enterprise and republican self-government could succeed only if power were widely distributed. And since in any society social and political power flow from economic power, they saw that wealth and property would have to be widely distributed among the people of the country. The truth of this insight is immediately apparent.” PeopleIfsMenWellsSelfCountryWisdomGovernmentPoliticalFatherPoliticsIndividualSocialWealthLibertyEnemyEconomySawsRightsEconomicRepublicanSucceedUnderstoodFlowPropertyInsightExperimentsLiberalismEnterpriseFoundingOur Founding FathersPolitical PowerFree EnterpriseIndividual LibertySelf-governmentEconomic Power Author:Ronald Reagan
“Gingrich was a far more volatile and aggressive individual than Boehner, but the institutional norms of self-restraint, and perhaps even self-interest, have broken down under the pressure of an increasingly abnormal Republican Party.” SelfIndividualInterestPartyBrokenRepublicanPressureAggressiveRestraintRepublican PartyNormSelf InterestAbnormalSelf RestraintBroken Down Author:George Packer
“If you look at the public opinion polls even, support for all the issues, people who self-identify as feminists are as least as many as those who self-identify as Republicans.” PeopleIfsLooksSelfOpinionSupportIssuesRepublicanFeministPublic OpinionPollsOpinion Polls Author:Gloria Steinem
“Republics demanded virtue. Monarchies could rely on coercion and "dazzling splendor" to suppress self-interest or factions; republics relied on the goodness of the people to put aside private interest for public good. The imperatives of virtue attached all sorts of desiderata to the republican citizen: simplicity, frugality, sobriety, simple manners, Christian benevolence, duty to the polity. Republics called on other virtues--spiritedness, courage--to protect the polity from external threats. Tyrants kept standing armies; republics relied on free yeomen, defending their own land.” PeopleSelfChristianInterestSimpleVirtueDemocracyLandDutyCitizensRepublicanProtectGoodnessStandingArmyThreatSimplicityMannersRelyRepublicTyrantsImperativesSelf InterestMonarchyCoercionBenevolenceSplendorSobrietyFactionsDazzlingFrugalityPublic GoodYeoman Author:James Monroe
“The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.” SelfTalentRepublicanDestructionSelf Destruction Author:Barry Goldwater
“The Republicans have a high Beady-Eyed Self-Righteous Scary Borderline Loon Quotient, as evidenced by Phyllis Schlafly, Pat Robertson, the entire state of Utah, etc.” SelfStatesRepublicanScaryEtcRighteousSelf RighteousUtahBorderline Book:Dave Barry Turns Forty Source: Dave Barry Turns Forty
“When Pat Buchanan came out against the Beijing Women's Conference and there were women standing next to him, smiling and laughing when he was making fun of it, I was so embarrassed. I don't mind when the more liberal or moderate Republican women talk about smaller government or money issues and things of that nature. But when I see a conservative Republican woman in line with the Christian right or coming out against abortion and day-care issues and for taking away womens' aid, I see a self-hating, unenlightened woman, like a self-hating Jew. That blows my mind. I don't get it at all.” MindSelfGovernmentCareChristianHateNextFunLinesLaughingIssuesRepublicanStandingConservativeBlowJewAidsAbortionComing OutEmbarrassedConferencesModeratesBeijingChristian RightSmile And LaughAgainst AbortionDay CareSmaller Government Author:Janeane Garofalo
“Donald Trump is a racist. Donald Trump in fact is making fascist appeals. That's why many self-respecting Republicans are not supporting Donald Trump for president.” SelfFactsPresidentTrumpRepublicanAppealsRacistFascists Author:Martin O'Malley
“Republicans also have to start to look at talent recruitment. Eight years ago Barack Obama was a no-name state senator. So I think we need to look outside the Beltway and start to look at a younger, more diverse pool of people and tap them to run for office instead of continuously tapping the same type of self-funder individual that Republicans seem to go after every time.” PeopleThinkingNeedsYearsLooksSelfStatesSeemsRunningNamesIndividualTalentTypeRepublicanOfficeYears AgoEightBarackPoolDiverseSenatorsTappingRecruitment Author:Andrea Tantaros
“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
“I do think [Barack Obama's] strategy for re-election is so misguided. He's counting on the Republicans to self-destruct, and they might, you know, but they might not. So he might be a one-term president.” ThinkingKnowsSelfMightPresidentTermRepublicanElectionStrategyBarackCountingMisguidedSelf Destruct Author:Bill Ayers
“The media tries to destroy Republicans who make little faux pas and they start telling everybody how dumb and stupid or uncaring they are. They're so self-absorbed, so selfish and so forth. With Obama, it's always, "There's nothing to see here, because he's a dream of a guy to begin with" and all that. "He missed the Gulf of Mexico? So what! He thinks there are 57 states? Big deal! At least he's trying; at least he cares," is the way it goes.” ThinkingWayTryingLittlesSelfStatesDreamBigsCareGuyDealsMediaStupidRepublicanSelfishDumbMexicoBig DealSelf AbsorbedUncaringFauxGulf Of MexicoFaux Pas Author:Rush Limbaugh
“[Former chief executives] come away thinking that America needs a strong, functioning presidency to succeed, and they become very protective of that office. Democrats and Republicans alike are willing to put aside their own party's self-interest to preserve the presidency. That's been true over the decades.” ThinkingNeedsSelfAmericaStrongInterestPartyWillingRepublicanSucceedOfficeDemocratDecadesChiefsFormerPreservesExecutivesPresidencySelf InterestProtectiveChief Executives Author:Nancy Gibbs