Democrat Quotes - Page 30

• The Chancellor of the Exchequer has delivered his Budget. It is his first Budget, but we have seen it all before. This is a Tory Budget that will throw people out of work, will hold back economic growth, and will harm vital public services. Yes, it is the Chancellor's first Budget, but it is the same old Tories, hitting hardest at those who can least afford it and breaking their promises. This is true to form for the Tories, but it includes things that the Liberal Democrats have always fought against. Surely they cannot vote for this.

  Harriet Harman

  Promise, Hitting, Firsts

  House of Commons Debates, publications.parliament.uk. June 22, 2010.

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• The solution is not to reinvent ourselves, not to ape the Labour Party or the Liberal Democrats.

  Malcolm Rifkind

  Party, Apes, Solutions

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• The Democratic power elite on some level feels delegitimized by its working-class, black and female constituencies. What it wants are the "legitimate" votes of suburban, white, middle-class, affluent males. Even liberal voters and organizations tend on some tacit level to accept the idea that they are not the "real" Americans the Democrats must pursue.

  Ellen Willis

  Real, Class, Organization

  "The Democrats and Left Masochism". "New Politics", Vol. 8, No. 3, issue #31, Summer 2001.

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• I think it should be made clear that the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, they have not got into bed together; they are merely sharing a room.

  Gyles Brandreth

  Thinking, Government, Together

  The News Quiz, BBC Radio 4, September 24, 2010.

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• If there were two candidates, a Democrat and a Republican, who each committed to the same kind of fundamental reform, then the election would be an election between the vice presidential candidates. It'd be just like the regular election, except it would be one step down.

  Lawrence Lessig

  Two, Presidential, Vices

  "Lawrence Lessig Has a 'Moonshot' Plan to Halt Our Slide Toward Plutocracy". Interview with Joshua Holland, billmoyers.com. April 25, 2014.

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• Zuniga Hides the Evidence ... Like the craven coward he is, Markos Zuniga, rising young star of the Democrats, has now removed the page at Daily Kos where he wrote "Screw them" about the four Americans torn apart and hung from a bridge in Fallujah.

  Charles Foster Johnson

  Stars, Bridges, Coward

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• If you're a social democrat, then you think it's cool to pay taxes. For me, tax is the finest expression for what politics really is.

  Mona Sahlin

  Thinking, Expression, Pay

  Mona Sahlin in Swedish television, September 8, 1994.

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• I guess it's not the plan that counts, but the words in which the plan is wrapped. Semantics count for everything, and it's obvious that the resolute Republicans are better at semantics than the weak, flip-flopping Democrats.

  Bruce Barnbaum

  Flip, Republican, Weak

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• There's not a single Democrat here. It's almost like CPAC invited Benjamin Netanyahu to speak. Well, we could have had Hillary here, but we couldn't find a foreign nation to foot the bill.

  Ted Cruz

  Feet, Bills, Speak

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• A new presidential poll reveals that Democrats have the edge among voters under 30. The good news for Republicans is that there's only six people under 30 who actually vote.

  Conan O'Brien

  People, Presidential, Voters

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• According to a new poll, nearly six out of 10 Republicans want Mitt Romney to run for president. So do 10 out of 10 Democrats.

  Conan O'Brien

  Running, President, Want

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• Yesterday was the New York City Marathon. The marathon was won in record time by a Democrat candidate running away from President Obama.

  Conan O'Brien

  Running, New York, Cities

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• The Democrats were crushed in the midterm elections. The Republican juggernaut pounded the Democrats, and the pundits say they will not really know what happened to the Democrats until they find the black box.

  David Letterman

  Black, Juggernaut, Election

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• Here's the plot of 'Interstellar.' Refugees - they're known as Democrats - they're looking for a new planet.

  David Letterman

  Plot, Planets, Refugee

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• Yesterday was Election Day. If we have any Democrats in the audience, I'm sorry but you're going to have to give up your seats.

  David Letterman

  Giving Up, Sorry, Yesterday

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• Senate Democrats blocked President Obama's trade bill yesterday because they're worried it could hurt jobs. It's not an issue for Republicans, since they've all found work as presidential candidates.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Hurt, Jobs, Yesterday

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• According to a new poll, Republicans are more likely to have a doughnut for breakfast, while Democrats prefer to eat bagels and croissants. While Independents are that annoying friend who's still looking at the menu after 15 minutes.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Bagels, Breakfast, Republican

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• The Senate came one vote short of granting approval to build the Keystone pipeline. Democrats say the pipeline could accelerate global warming. Then people who've been outside today said, 'Sounds good to me. Let's accelerate that global warming.'

  Jimmy Fallon

  People, Sound, Keystone Pipeline

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• Democrats have been doing everything they can to get young people and college students to vote in the midterms. Though if you want students to participate in something, maybe you shouldn't call them midterms.

  Jimmy Fallon

  College, People, Want

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• Politicians are really getting desperate. In fact, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sent out a final fundraising email to Democrats with the subject line, 'I'm begging.' Because what better way to show you're a strong leader than acting like you're drunk and dialing your ex?

  Jimmy Fallon

  Strong, Majority Leader, Fundraising

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• It is a great day for the great state of Texas. The last person being tested for Ebola has come back clean. So Texas is now Ebola free. This was a big week for them. They're now free of Ebola - and Democrats.

  Craig Ferguson

  Ebola, Texas, Great Day

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• Democrats in state legislatures are at their lowest level since the 1920s. President Obama has a can't-miss strategy to save the party in 2016. He's leaving.

  Craig Ferguson

  Party, Missing, Leaving

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• This Ted Cruz guy, I mean, he incurred the wrath, really, of his own party. They don't like him. Democrats hate him. Independents hate him. Republicans hate him. Even Miley Cyrus, he's the one guy she refuses to lick.

  Bill Maher

  Hate, Party, Mean

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• I have been saying for the some time now that America has only one party - the property party. It's the party of big corporation, the party of money. It has two right wings; one is Democrat and the other is Republican.

  Gore Vidal

  Party, Wings, Two

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• The Republicans are calling the Democrats' plan to have a deadline for US troop withdrawal from Iraq an 'admission of failure', as opposed to the Republican plan which is 'failure without admission'.

  Jon Stewart

  Iraq, Withdrawal, Calling

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