Candidates Quotes - Page 26

• He is racist, he's homophobic, he's xenophobic and he's a sexist. He's the perfect Republican candidate. [California Democratic Party chairman about Pat Buchanan.]

  Bill Press

  Party, California, Perfect

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• But there's a fourth interpretation: Obama can't leave his comfort zone. No president since Woodrow Wilson has been as enamored of abstract ideas or more sure that disagreement with him is proof of ignorance, bad faith or dogmatism. As a candidate, he insisted his real opponent was 'cynicism,' and in his address last week, he returned to this trite formulation, insisting again he was bravely battling the cynics.

  Jonah Goldberg

  Real, Ignorance, Ideas

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• Some Democrats and their advocates in the press believe Obamacare, a year into implementation, is no longer much of a factor in the midterm elections. But no one has told Republican candidates, who are still pounding away at the Affordable Care Act on the stump. And no one has told voters, especially those in states with closely contested Senate races, who regularly place it among the top issues of the campaign.

  Byron York

  Believe, Race, Years

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• When you make the judgement as a network that there are only three candidates, you are censoring points of view.

  Tim Robbins

  Views, Judgement, Three

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• Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell said recently that Hollywood needs to re-evaluate what they're doing because movies these days are all filled with gay sex and extramarital affairs. And I thought, 'Have fun in Congress then.

  Craig Ferguson

  Sex, Fun, Gay

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• Scientists say over the next hundred years, the coast of California will sink almost five feet. So the presidential candidates need to do something. Mitt Romney is conflicted. On one hand, he denies that global warming exists. But if California is under water, he would definitely win the next election.

  Craig Ferguson

  Winning, Hands, Years

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• Both candidates for president talk about balancing the budget ten years from now. Even if they win, they won't be in office then.

  Virgil Goode

  Winning, Years, Office

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• I've said time and again, I'm a pro-life candidate, I'll be a pro-life president.

  Mitt Romney

  Pro Life, President, Politics

  "NBC's Williams Parrots Obama Campaign Spin That Romney Changed Abortion Stance". www.newsbusters.org. October 11, 2012.

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• Hast thou attuned thyself to the suffering of humanity, O candidate for light?

  H. P. Blavatsky

  Light, Humanity, Suffering

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• All the other candidates are making speeches about how much they have done for their country, which is ridiculous. I haven't done anything yet, and I think it's just common sense to send me to Washington and make me do my share.

  Gracie Allen

  Country, Thinking, Common Sense

  "How to Become President". Book by Gracie Allen, 1940.

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• The trouble with politics and political coverage today is that there's too much liberal bias.... There's too much tilt toward the left-wing agenda. Too much apology for liberal policy failures. Too much pandering to liberal candidates and causes.

  William Kristol

  Apology, Wings, Political

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• George W. Bush is not only a great president; he was a great candidate.

  Ed Gillespie

  President, Great Presidents

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• Our party for the longest time has relied on the votes of white guys. I think that all of these candidates are going to improve our party, our policies, and our nation.

  Ken Mehlman

  Party, Thinking, White

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• There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff, enough seats, sandwiches and briefings and the ability to understand deadlines.

  Ronald Steel

  Relationship, Sandwiches, Enough

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• No candidate can win a presidential race advocating gay marriage and opposing the military action in Iraq.

  Dick Morris

  Military, Pride, Gay

  "Dean is a driving force in chasing faithful away". Dick Morris, The Daily Courier, July 31, 2003.

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• The Republican Party is not in the hands of the Jewish lobby in America as the Democratic Party must look quite often to Jewish money to finance candidates.

  Pete McCloskey

  Party, Hands, Hymns

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• After saying yes to Turkey, the EU is having difficulty finding clear and consistent grounds for saying no to other, still more remote candidates - but being in the general vicinity of Europe does seem to be a continuing requirement.

  Timothy Garton Ash

  Europe, Turkeys, Saying Yes

  Timothy Garton Ash (2012). “Facts are Subversive: Political Writing from a Decade without a Name”, p.124, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Last week, I suggested the candidates take up mushrooms. I'll be damned if Rick Perry didn't take me up on that.

  Bill Maher

  Mushrooms, Lasts, Week

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• Searching for funds to continue my skating career when I was 17, I called the Women's Sports Foundation in New York. The intern who answered the phone suggested that I might be a great candidate for the Travel and Training fund, and she sent me an application form. I applied for a grant. With the funds I was awarded, I bought a new pair of skates and a plane ticket to the 1988 National Championships, where I achieved my highest national finish. Four years later, I won the gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Leadership, Sports, New York

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• Progressive Conservative candidates from Quebec want to exert real power in Ottawa, not simply be content with playing a secondary role.

  Kim Campbell

  Real, Roles, Ottawa

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• Once you start compromising your thoughts, you're a candidate for mediocrity.

  Neil Simon

  Mediocrity, Compromise

  Neil Simon (1988). “Biloxi Blues”, Signet

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• Bill and Hillary Clinton have one central idea in their uncluttered, ambitious minds: Hillary in 2008. Let Bush get re-elected, use the '04 primaries and general election to clean out the underbrush of competing Democratic candidates, and proceed unimpeded to the '08 nomination.

  Dick Morris

  Ideas, Mind, Ambitious

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• The number of American presidential candidates varies with the sunspot cycle and the phases of the moon. Being a Republican, I'm backing Hillary Clinton. Because she could lose. The reason is not that she's a woman. The reason is that she's the particular woman who taught the 4th grade class that every man in America wished he were dead in. Hillary Clinton is Lucy holding the football for Charlie Brown. Hillary Clinton is "America's ex-wife."

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Football, Moon, Men

  "Letter to Our European Friends" by P. J. O'Rourke, www.weeklystandard.com. February 4, 2008.

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• The people of South Carolina support conservatives who are trying to push real change, and the people of South Carolina expect their presidential candidates to back them up when they show courage.

  Nikki Haley

  Real, People, Support

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• The Christian church is a society of sinners. It is the only society in the world membership in which is based upon the single qualification that the candidate shall be unworthy of membership.

  Charles Clayton Morrison

  Funny, Christian, Humorous

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