January 2012
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“Now, there is an old and somewhat lugubrious adage which says: “Never...”
– — FDR
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“I hear folks running around calling this class warfare. This is not class...”
– — President Obama
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“I’m doing OK. I really am.”
– — President Obama on not needing a tax cut
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“Let me be clear: If you’re a company that wants to outsource jobs or do...”
– — President Obama
“I stood by my wife when she was sick, unlike you, Newt. You fucking asshole.”
– — What Mitt should have said. (via anticapitalist)
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“I’d like to have an AMERICAN on the moon before the Chinese get there.”
– — Newt Gingrich, obviously missing a few important things about America’s history. (via thatlittleadorablemidgetchick)
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“When you appeal to the worst in people, the worse kinds of people will follow...”
– — Reform Party of North Carolina Organizer Nicholas Hensley during a speech at a private function 1-24-2012 (via reformparty)
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“The banks aren’t bad people.”
– — Mitt Romney
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Man on the moon: Newt Gingrich’s lifetime fixation... →
Newt Gingrich’s promise to put a colony on the moon is only the latest in a long history of space-related ideas from the former House speaker.
Some highlights, from moon mirrors to space lasers:
* 1981: As a young member of Congress, Gingrich sponsored the National Space and Aeronautics Policy Act of 1981, his first attempt to create a path toward statehood for the moon. The bill had 12...
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“There’s no question that the debates have devolved into one part soap opera, one...”
– — Republican strategist Todd Harris (via viciousbrandobruhl)
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“When Americans talk about folks like me paying my fair share of taxes, it’s not...”
– — Barack Obama (via newwavefeminism)
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“Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on...”
– — John F. Kennedy
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“The growth of our science and education will be enriched by new knowledge of our...”
– — JFK on the benefits of the space program
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“Those who came before us made certain that this country rode the first waves of...”
– — John F. Kennedy
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“I am sick of being told we have to be timid and I’m sick of being told we...”
– — Newt Gingrich on the lack of innovation in space technology since the end of Apollo
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“I was attacked the other night for being grandiose. I would just want you to...”
– — Newt Gingrich
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Watchsheercalculatedsilliness:
nationaljournal:
Tough not to cry here as Gabrielle Giffords resigns from the House.
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“In offering a laundry list of programs large and small, Obama’s address was...”
– — E. J. Dionne
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“After watching most of the debates and the President’s State of the Union...”
– — Richard Engleman
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“At a time like this, words are inadequate. The most eloquent tribute would be a...”
– — President Truman on FDR’s death
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“Cuban dictator Fidel Castro took shots at the Republican candidates hoofing it...”
– Fidel Castro Calls GOP Race ‘Greatest Competition Of Idiocy and Ignorance That Has Ever Been’
When even Fidel Castro, a dictator, calls the GOP insane, idiotic, and ignorant, you know something’s wrong with the Republican Party and what it stands for now.
(via thepoliticalfreakshow)
(via...
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BREAKING: Timothy Geithner: Obama Wouldn’t Ask Me... →
Daley out, Cordray in, Schneiderman in, Geithner on the way out. Neat.
viciousbrandobruhl:
cognitivedissonance:
Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said he doesn’t expect President Barack Obama to ask him to stay in office if he’s re-elected, and he dismissed Wall Street’s concerns about financial regulations.
“He’s not going to ask me to stay on, I’m pretty confident,” Geithner said in...
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