Barack Quotes - Page 5

• But listening to him [Barack Obama] speak, it's easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform - not even in the state Senate.

  Sarah Palin

  Men, Law, Two

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• Apologized for saying Barack Obama was clean and articulate.

  Joe Biden

  Clean

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• Barack Obama can give an entire speech about the wars America is fighting, and never use the word "victory" except when he's talking about his own campaign.

  Sarah Palin

  War, Fighting, Talking

  Republican Vice Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, delivered 3 September 2008, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota

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• I am one of your biggest fans (Barack Obama), if not the biggest, and have been since the inception of your campaign....It would be wonderful if we were able to give this man all of the power that he needs to pass the things that he needs to pass...You're so handsome that I can't speak properly.

  Gwyneth Paltrow

  Men, Giving, Fans

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• In a Bloomberg poll, 88% of respondents said that Wall Street bonuses should either be banned outright or taxed at 50%. Just 7% said they should remain an incentive. To put that 7% figure in perspective, 6% of Americans believe the moon landings were a hoax; 7% believe Elvis lives; 24% believe that Barack Obama is a secret Muslim; 41% believe in ESP; and 48% believe in creationism. Americans will believe anything, it seems-except the idea that incentivizing bankers at systemically important institutions to take big risks makes any sense at all.

  Felix Salmon

  Wall, Believe, Moon

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• The way to continue our fight now to accomplish the goals for which we stand is to take our energy, our passion, our strength and do all we can to help elect Barack Obama.

  Hillary Clinton

  Passion, Fighting, Goal

  Announcing Suspension of Presidential Campaign, delivered 7 June 2008, National Building Museum, Washington, D.C.

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• Our biggest national security crisis is Barack Obama.

  John Bolton

  National Security, Crisis, Security

  "John Bolton CPAC Speech Lambasts Obama". www.huffingtonpost.com. March 6, 2014.

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• There is something desperately lonely about Barack Obama's universe. One gets the overwhelming sense of someone yearning for connection, for something that binds human beings together, for community and commonality, for what he repeatedly calls "the common good". This is hardly news.

  Simon Critchley

  Lonely, Community, Together

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• When you frack a well, you're exploding methane up into the atmosphere. So, Barack Obama, by supporting natural gas, and also talking about climate change is literally burning his own inaugural address. And he's doing it with natural gas.

  Josh Fox

  Talking, Atmosphere, Climate

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• Now is the time to act or get stuck with a bland, boring, career politician who will lose to Barack Obama.

  Rick Santorum

  Careers, Boring, Politician

  "Santorum Revives Bush Coalition" by Chris Stirewalt, www.foxnews.com. January 6, 2012.

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• There's only one thing different about Barack Obama when it comes to being a Democratic presidential candidate. He's half African-American. Whether that will make any difference, I don't know. I haven't heard him have a strong crackdown on economic exploitation in the ghettos. Payday loans, predatory lending, asbestos, lead. What's keeping him from doing that? Is it because he wants to talk white? He doesn't want to appear like Jesse Jackson? We'll see all that play out in the next few months and if he gets elected afterwards.

  Ralph Nader

  Strong, Ghetto, White

  "Obama using 'white guilt,' Nader says" by Alexander Mooney, www.cnn.com. June 26, 2008.

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• [I]f you look at United States history since World War II, you find that of the 10 presidents who preceded Barack Obama, seven left office with a debt ratio lower than when they came in. Who were the three exceptions? Ronald Reagan and the two George Bushes.

  Paul Krugman

  War, Two, Office

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• New Rule: The rest of the world can go back to being completely jealous of America. Our majority white country just freely elected a black president, something no other democracy has ever done. Take that Canada! Where's your nubian warrior president? Your head of state is a boring white dude named Steven Harper, and mine is a kick-ass black ninja named Barack Hussein Obama!

  Bill Maher

  Country, Jealous, Warrior

  Bill Maher (2011). “The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody but Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass”, p.114, Penguin

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• Barack Obama has not only said that he is out to 'change the United States of America,' the people he has been associated with for years have expressed in words and deeds their hostility to the values, the principles and the people of this country.

  Thomas Sowell

  Country, Years, America

  Thomas Sowell (2011). “Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt)”, p.6, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• No president in modern times has come to power with less political experience or less managerial experience. On the other hand, no president has come to power with a clearer record of political extremism. As senator, Barack Obama had the most left-wing voting record in the Senate. . . .

  Bob Tyrrell

  Hands, Wings, Political

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• I`m closer to anybody who believes that we should lead not from behind, but from the front. Rand Paul is one step behind, leading from behind. So, yes, even [Barack] Obama is more aggressive. Obama believes you can kill Anwar al-Awlaki without getting a court order.

  Chris Matthews

  Believe, Order, Als

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• [Barack] Obama believes you can hold enemy combatants, unlawful enemy combatants at Gitmo without a criminal trial because this is law of war detention.

  Chris Matthews

  War, Believe, Law

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• President [Barack] Obama's staking his reelection hopes on rebuilding America's middle class. He wants higher taxes on the wealthy, tougher rules on Wall Street, and everyone else to get a fair shot to succeed. Republicans can cry "class warfare" if they want, but as the president put it today, it's about this country's welfare.

  Chris Matthews

  Country, Wall, Class

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• I think it was not a bad idea to wrap Barack Obama in the mantle of Teddy Roosevelt. He`s been assuming a sort of progressive mantle, and he ticked off some large and systemic problems that this country faces.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Thinking, Ideas

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• The quibble I have with President [Barack] Obama is,and I think some other people will have it, too is that the rhetoric is fine, and identifying the problem is fine. But it`s to use a football analogy, he sort of pushes it into the red zone, and then tends to settle for a field goal.

  Barack Obama

  Football, Thinking, People

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• The president [Barack Obama] understands that the country's very concerned about [terrorism] issue. And I think what you're going to hear from him is a discussion about what government's doing to ensure all of our highest priority, the protection of the American people.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Thinking, Issues

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• I think Barack Obama 'll talk about the actions that we've taken, not just since 9/11, but since Paris, to help keep the American people and American interests safe.

  Barack Obama

  Taken, Thinking, Paris

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Every gun regulation that President [Barack] Obama has advocated for, California has already. And it didn't stop terrorism.

  Rand Paul

  Gun, California, President

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• I can tell you who's planning terroris attacks. The leaders of ISIL. And I can tell you where they're at. They're in Raqqa, Syria. So for God's sakes, Mr. President Barack Obama , change your strategy. Come up with a ground force to go in and destroy the caliphate before we get hit here at home. That would be my advice to you.

  Rand Paul

  Home, Leader, Advice

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• CNN recently ran a sort of roundup article on why some conservatives say that Trump talk is fascist. The roundup included this tweet from Iowa Republican radio host, very influential guy in Iowa Republican caucuses, Steve Deace. Quote, "If [Barack] Obama proposed the same religion registry as Trump, every conservative in the country would call it what it is - creeping fascism."

  Rachel Maddow

  Country, Iowa, Cnn

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