#republic

Like a cowboy saddling a bucking stallion, Republican leaders tried to tame the Tea Party while riding it to victories. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#leaders #like #party #republican #riding

Political consultants are pugilists, masters in the dark art of negativity. Which is why it's surprising to hear Democrats such as Steve McMahon and Republicans like Rich Galen urging their presidential candidates to be more, well, positive. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#candidates #consultants #dark #democrats #hear

Republicans would have preferred the court overturn the health care bill, an act that would have underscored Obama's biggest liability - the perception among voters, including those who like and trust him, that he has been ineffective. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#among #been #biggest #bill #care

Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them. ↗

— Joseph Story

#because #betray #citizens #councils #created

No, men and women of the Irish race, we shall not fight for England. We shall fight for the destruction of the British Empire and the construction of an Irish republic. ↗

— James Larkin

#british empire #construction #destruction #empire #england

I've left specific instructions that I do not want to be brought back during a Republican administration. ↗

— Timothy Leary

#back #brought #during #i #i do

Obama has offered no solutions; his Democratic majority in the Senate has failed to produce a budget in 1,200 days; and they have both obstructed the Republicans' proposed remedies. ↗

— David Limbaugh

#budget #days #democratic #failed #his

Republicans use think tanks to come up with a lot of their messages. The think tanks are the single worst, most undisciplined example of communication I've ever seen. ↗

— Frank Luntz

#communication #ever #example #i #lot

The fundamental problem for Republicans when it comes to the environment is that whatever you say is viewed through the prism of suspicion. ↗

— Frank Luntz

#environment #fundamental #fundamental problem #prism #problem

The Republican National Committee hired me, and they hired me because they wanted someone who could look members straight in the eye and tell them the truth. ↗

— Frank Luntz

#committee #could #eye #hired #look