Candidates Quotes - Page 19

• We know where the television is - everything has to be a sound bite; everything has to be an image; ideas are okay as long as they don't take more than four or five seconds to explain; candidates and issues are commodities that are sold like cans of soup; entertainment is limited to what a few people believe the lowest common denominator is; and you can't talk back to it.

  Howard Rheingold

  Believe, Ideas, Issues

  Source: scottlondon.com

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• The First Amendment is really at the very core of political speech, and political speech is at the core of the First Amendment. So, we want to be very careful to make sure that candidates for office are free to express their views so that people will make an informed choice. We don't want them holding back, and sort of concealing their views and then disclosing them afterwards.

  Alex Kozinski

  Views, People, Office

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• Much of what Tea Party candidates claimed about the world and the global economy during the 2010 elections would have earned their adherents a well-deserved F in any freshman economics (or earth science) class.

  Eric Alterman

  Party, Class, Tea

  Eric Alterman (2011). “Kabuki Democracy: The System vs. Barack Obama”, p.156, Nation Books

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• I think what separates me from the candidates is the fact that I have a proven track record of being a fighter. A fighting for what people believe in, whether it is popular or not. Despite the opposition, I stand true. Because people know that I will do what I say. And that I say what I do.

  Michele Bachmann

  Believe, Fighting, Thinking

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• I think that the American people are curious about who a candidate is, what their background is, who their family is, what their faith experience has been, their education, their work experience. All of those are factors that voters look at because they want to take a measure of the individual.

  Michele Bachmann

  Thinking, People, Looks

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• I have come to the conclusion that while a candidate's faith matters, what's most important is how he or she applies that faith.

  Gary Bauer

  Important, Matter, Conclusion

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• Barack Obama is probably the most exciting candidate that either the Democratic or Republican party has produced at least since I've been around. He's fresh, he's new, he's insightful.

  Joe Biden

  Party, Insightful, Republican

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• And if I were the president, I'd go out there and I'd emphasize the things I have done, and I'd say, 'Some things haven't worked, and I'm sorry about that, but I keep trying.' And I'm - and I think the president is a very viable candidate, and you're going to have a real horse race here no matter who the Republican nominee is.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Horse, Sorry, Real

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. September 25, 2011.

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• Last I looked - and I'm not a candidate - but last time I checked reading about the Constitution, the Electoral College has nothing to do with parties, has absolutely nothing to do with parties. It's most states are winners take all.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Party, Reading, College

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• I like reading, I like boring things, and yet I think people for ages had this image of me that I was on the tube with a chainsaw looking for any likely candidate.

  Jo Brand

  Reading, Thinking, People

  "Lunch with Mariella: Jo Brand". Interview with Mariella Frostrup, www.theguardian.com. October 16, 2010.

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• This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it.

  David Brinkley

  Mean, Moon, Keeping Promises

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• Have you ever seen a candidate talking to a rich person on television?

  Art Buchwald

  Talking, Political, Television

  Art Buchwald (1978). “Washington is leaking”, Fawcett Books

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• I'm not trying to get myself up a notch on the ladder by shoving somebody else down on the ladder, whether it's a candidate or the president of the United States or anybody else. I just don't believe that's the way one oughta campaign, I've never done that.

  George H. W. Bush

  Believe, Trying, President

  "George H.W. Bush". From the collection: The Presidents, www.pbs.org. May 5, 2008.

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• Candidates are making lasting impressions on voters, not just primary voters, in how they campaign.

  Jeb Bush

  Campaigns, Lasting Impressions, Voters

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• I will not vote for a candidate who thinks you can 'pray away the gay,' I will not vote for a candidate who thinks that he has more rights to my uterus than I do, I will not vote for a candidate who thinks that it's okay to dump toxic waste in the ocean.

  Sophia Bush

  Ocean, Gay, Thinking

  "Sophia Bush disappointed in Obama, scared of GOP field" by Hollie McKay, www.foxnews.com. January 17, 2012.

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• I don't have more money. I won't have more money than any of the candidates, even the Republican candidates. We know that already. But we are building this campaign team like I would build a business. And that is, we are building it so far with no debt.

  Herman Cain

  Team, Campaigns, Debt

  "Exclusive: Herman Cain Unveils Job Creation Plan". "Your World" with Neil Cavuto, www.foxnews.com. June 30, 2011.

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• My presence in the social media and on the Internet is much bigger than many of the other candidates, including Mitt Romney. So, when you take the social media and you take the Tea Party citizens movement, you have a combination there that, quite frankly, 10 years ago, I wouldn't have had a chance.

  Herman Cain

  Party, Media, Years

  "Exclusive: Herman Cain Unveils Job Creation Plan". "Your World" with Neil Cavuto, www.foxnews.com. June 30, 2011.

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• I don't think you can be a credible, modern candidate for president without making the environment a major part of your platform.

  Graydon Carter

  Thinking, President, Environment

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• The candidates we have in this campaign are... the most accomplished, in terms of public service, that we've had since 1960. One of them will be successful.

  Hillary Clinton

  Successful, Campaigns, Public Service

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• Well, first of all, I think that a lot of the voters who are voting for the tea party candidates have really good impulses. That is, they believe that for years and years and years, the people with wealth and power or government power have done well and ordinary people have not. That's true.

  William J. Clinton

  Party, Believe, Thinking

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• Republicans are good at standing by their candidate.

  George Clooney

  Republican, Standing

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• In order to be a top-tier candidate, I need 7.5 million dollars, and I currently have 0.0 million dollars.

  Stephen Colbert

  Order, Dollars, Needs

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• Northwestern's alumni list is truly impressive. This university has graduated best-selling authors, Olympians, presidential candidates, Grammy winners, Peabody winners, Emmy winners, and that's just me!

  Stephen Colbert

  Presidential, Lists, Winner

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• Despite my excellent mood, I don't have any sympathy for Romney. If he'd been a good candidate he wouldn't have had a different campaign for every month on the calendar.

  Gail Collins

  Different, Campaigns, Calendars

  "Orca, Meet Obama". Interview with David Brooks, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. November 7, 2012.

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• Natural Texas politicians make terrible, terrible presidential candidates. Phil Gramm, I remember the 'Phil Gramm for President' campaign. I thought that was the worst thing in the history of the world, but Rick Perry was possibly worse.

  Gail Collins

  Texas, Presidential, Campaigns

  "The Tavis Smiley Show" with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. June 04, 2012.

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