Republican Quotes - Page 31

• The Republicans are looking after the financial interests of the wealthiest individuals in this country.

  Edward Kennedy

  Country, Conservative, Financial

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Democrats are fighting fire with fire. Our principled stance on Medicare and Social Security is absolutely no different than the Republicans' stance on no revenue increases without cuts.

  Judy Chu

  Fighting, Cutting, Fire

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• There are more people at Obama's table offering ideas than there were five years ago, but when it came to facing up to the Republicans' threat to force a double-dip recession if they didn't get their millionaires' tax cut, they still amounted to nothing. And therein lies our fundamental problem.

  Eric Alterman

  Lying, Cutting, Offering

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• Just a few months ago in the Republican primary Mitt Romney said to his opponents, who he was crushing at the time, stop whining. And I think that's a good message for the Romney campaign. Instead of whining about what the Obama campaign is saying, why don't you just put the facts out there and let people decide rather than trying to hide them.

  Stephanie Cutter

  Crush, Thinking, People

  "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer, www.theshowbuzz.com. July 15, 2012.

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• The truth is the Republican leadership has created a credit card Congress that is recklessly selling out the future of America, our children and our grandchildren, and President Bush is the most fiscally irresponsible President in the history of America.

  Dennis Cardoza

  Children, America, President

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• Hawaiians want change, and if the Democrats don't offer change, Hawaiians are going to vote for the Republican who offers change.

  Ed Case

  Want, Vote, Democrat

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• We may be a nation of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans, but first and foremost we are all human beings and Americans.

  Emanuel Cleaver

  May, Firsts, Democrat

  Emanuel Cleaver DNC speech, www.politico.com. September 05, 2009.

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• We've gotten to the point now where Republicans and Democrats have nothing in common besides being members of the 'caustic caucus,' and we can't get anything done.

  Emanuel Cleaver

  Done, Common, Being Me

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• Scott Brown may be the last Republican to win a statewide fight in Massachusetts for a very long time. He caught the machine flat-footed in January 2010 when he out-hustled Martha Coakley and stole the Senate seat Ted Kennedy held all those years. And since then, the Democrats haven't lost a single statewide fight.

  Howie Carr

  Fighting, Winning, Years

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• The Republicans have chosen to neglect young Americans who need assistance with the costs of higher education.

  John Conyers

  Needs, Cost, Neglect

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• Five years of Republicans' failed energy policies have resulted in Americans paying twice as much at the pump as they did in 2001, while big oil companies make triple the profits.

  Russ Carnahan

  Years, Oil, Energy

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• What we've been hearing over and over again is that the reason Republicans are opposed to the surtax is because of the concern of its impact on job creation. Well, if you carve out employers, you take away that argument.

  Susan Collins

  Jobs, Impact, Hearing

  "Sen. Susan Collins: Tax The Rich To Fund Payroll Tax Cut For Workers" By Michael McAuliff, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 30, 2011.

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• The Clinton era is over. I think that there would even have been a certain amount of rejoicing among some Republicans if Gore had won or if Ralph Nader had won or if Satan had won.

  Tucker Carlson

  Thinking, Eras, Satan

  "Tucker Carlson: End of Clinton era is nigh". Interview, www.cnn.com. December 13, 2000.

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• I don't know how anyone could vote Republican. It's so obvious that their only interest is keeping the rich rich.

  Vivian Campbell

  Vote, Rich, Obvious

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• Sure, there's a chunk of African-Americans out there who associate the Republican Party with racism, frankly particularly in the Deep South. It's an unfair perception, but it exists. Over a period time, that perception will die away if Republicans are focusing on issues that happen to impact African-Americans.

  Artur Davis

  Party, Impact, Issues

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• For three decades, Democrats and Republicans worked together to make our environment better.

  Christopher Dodd

  Together, Three, Environment

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• God is not a franchise of the Republican Party.

  Dick Durbin

  Party, Republican Party

  "Controversial Democratic platform gets a rewrite". "Special Report" with Bret Baier, www.foxnews.com. September 6, 2012.

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• So I've always been kind of an apocalyptic kind of kid, and looking back at the movies I've done, there's some kind of apocalypse in them. So that must be what scares me... besides Republicans.

  Joe Dante

  Kids, Scare, Done

  "Interview: Joe Dante on the horrors of 'The Hole'". www.mtv.com. September 27, 2012.

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• I'm an independent, straight in the middle. I've donated to candidates that I thought would be good that are Republican and Democrats alike.

  John Paul DeJoria

  Independent, Would Be, Middle

  "High Price for Jobs; Obama Getting Ready to Counter; Aurora Victims' Fund". "Erin Burnett OutFront" with Erin Burnett and Anderson Cooper, edition.cnn.com. August 31, 2012.

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• The policies on the Republican side have been much better for Hispanics, for minorities, but the rhetoric, unfortunately, has not.

  Mario Diaz-Balart

  Minorities, Sides, Rhetoric

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• Once again, the Republicans in the Senate have rejected an increase in the minimum wage. They support tax breaks for multi-millionaires, but they oppose helping the working poor to earn a decent income.

  Mark Dayton

  Support, Income, Minimum Wage

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• I don't believe man-made global warming is settled in science enough.

  Rick Perry

  Believe, Men, Global Warming

  "Rick Perry Repeats Climate Change Skepticism: ‘I’m Not Afraid’". www.huffingtonpost.com. October 1, 2011.

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• I'm a Republican. I may go into politics myself.

  Lou Ferrigno

  May

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• Republicans are pushing legislation forward that will improve the effectiveness of and bring more accountability to U.S. foreign assistance around the world and bring democracy even further into the light.

  Virginia Foxx

  Light, Effectiveness, Accountability

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• If I can't negotiate something that gets more than four Republicans, I'm not a very good representative of my party.

  Chuck Grassley

  Party, Four, Very Good

  "Countdown with Keith Olbermann", www.nbcnews.com. August 17, 2009.

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