#elections

I went through two pretty dark years being fed up with the system and frustrated with my own party after two disastrous elections in 2006 and 2008. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#being #dark #disastrous #elections #fed

Saddam's ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections. ↗

— Brent Scowcroft

#democracy #democratic #elections #holding #iraq

Before Katrina, you didn't see criticism of the Bush administration in the media. Here they are, stealing elections, enacting illegal wars, huge crimes against humanity and democracy, and you didn't even see criticism. It wasn't until Katrina that people started to come down on them. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

#against #before #bush #bush administration #come

When it comes to federal elections law, Tom DeLay and his special-interest friends live by one set of rules, and everyone else lives by a very different set. ↗

— Rahm Emanuel

#delay #different #different set #elections #else

I am the elected president of Liberia, not Ellen Sirleaf. They stole my victory, and I am here to say loud and clear that I am the winner of the elections. ↗

— George Weah

#clear #elected #elections #ellen #here

The whole thing about elections in Liberia - it's not about the way you take care of people, it's not about the heart, it's about education, according to the perception of some people. ↗

— George Weah

#according #care #education #elections #heart

Well, one thing that has happened is they have had a presidential election in Egypt which has represented progress. Now, we were not happy with everything that happened with the parliamentary elections, and it was not exactly a perfect presidential election in Egypt. ↗

— Roger Wicker

#election #elections #everything #exactly #had

Idealism loses to pragmatism when it comes to winning elections. ↗

— Danny Strong

#elections #idealism #loses #pragmatism #winning

That U.N. Security Council resolution requires getting Syrian troops and intelligence officials out of Lebanon so that the Lebanese can have elections here this spring that are free and fair and free of outside influence. ↗

— Stephen Hadley

#elections #fair #free #getting #here

There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level - everything from living wage campaigns to efforts to finance our elections are having terrific success. ↗

— Jim Hightower

#campaigns #efforts #elections #enormous #everything