Republican Party Quotes - Page 16

• The future of the Republican Party and the future of America is based on a values system and the issues that drive those values are on our side.

  Tim Scott

  Party, Issues, America

  "GOP Rising Star Tim Scott on 'Hannity'". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. June 24, 2010.

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• As Cindy Sheehan was gathering public sympathy as the Gold Star mom against the killing in Iraq, the Republican party decided to import an easier target to pummel. So they brought over the 'I-salute-your-courage, Saddam' religious fundamentalist crack-pot who can't tell us where the money went.

  Greg Palast

  Mom, Religious, Stars

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• You could see Newt Gingrich, who`s a member of Donald Trump`s country club, already getting together and talking about the new episode of "The Apprentice," with the poor kids in the city.This was a very smart thing to do. He shows that he is the grown-up in the Republican Party.

  Chris Matthews

  Country, Smart, Party

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• The US is off the spectrum in religious commitment. It's been increasing since 1980 but it's a major part of the voting base of the Republican Party so that means committing to anti-abortion positions, opposing women's rights.

  Noam Chomsky

  Religious, Party, Mean

  "Talking With Chomsky". Interview with Laura Flanders, www.counterpunch.org. April 30, 2012.

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• The Republican Party has pretty much abandoned any pretense of being a traditional political party. It's in lockstep obedience to the very rich, the super rich and the corporate sector. They can't get votes that way so they have to mobilize a different constituency. It's always been there, but it's rarely been mobilized politically. They call it the religious right, but basically it's the extreme religious population.

  Noam Chomsky

  Religious, Party, Political

  "Noam Chomsky on America's Economic Suicide". Interview with Laura Flanders / GRITtv, www.alternet.org. May 4, 2012.

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• It's fashionable in some circles to be pessimistic about America, about conservative solutions, about the Republican Party. I utterly reject that pessimism.

  Mitt Romney

  Party, Circles, America

  "CN Newsroom", www.cnn.com. March 15, 2013.

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• The Republican Party is the party of Eddie Haskell and the principal from Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

  Dana Gould

  Party, Days Off, Republican

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• Even Hamas - Hamas is a terrorist group - do you know that Hamas came out in opposition to [Donald ]Trump`s statement? That puts the Republican Party, the Democrat Party, and everybody else in the establishment and [Barack]Obama on the same side Hamas is on. And over here all by himself is Donald Trump.

  Keith Ellison

  Party, Sides, Terrorist Groups

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• No matter what Donald Trump does, he`s guaranteed to have support from the Republican Party.

  Rachel Maddow

  Party, Support, Doe

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• I have this belief that Donald Trump keeps floating the idea that he will quit the party and run as an independent if the Republican Party does not treat him fairly.

  Rachel Maddow

  Running, Party, Independent

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• Bernie Sanders are the only person who talks about the kinds of things that might be driving people to support Donald Trump in such large numbers in the Republican Party.

  Rachel Maddow

  Party, Numbers, People

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• I will say that Bernie Sanders are the opposite end of the spectrum from Donald Trump. We see him leading right now in the Republican Party in an intractable way.

  Rachel Maddow

  Party, Opposites, Way

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• Is it like gay men go into the priesthood because they figure, Well, this'll solve my problem. I can't be a homosexual in the priesthood; it'll just go away. Maybe I'll try it with the Republican Party.

  Bill Maher

  Party, Gay, Men

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• Fascism allegation [to Donald Trump] is not coming from the left. This is coming from the right. It`s coming from inside the Republican Party and from within mainstream conservative thought.

  Rachel Maddow

  Party, Conservative, Republican

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• With the Republican Party`s presidential front-runner proposing that all Muslims should be banned from entering the United States, that perhaps there ought to be a national registry of Muslims, that we ought to looking into Muslims having to carry government ID cards that state their religion, now, the word fascist is being used to describe this ascending and leading Republican politician.

  Rachel Maddow

  Party, Government, Presidential

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• It looks to me like the Republican Party`s in no mood to give them [voters] a reasonable choice with this clown show going on right now from the likes of, well, Newt Gingrich and Donald Trump. What a duo.

  Chris Matthews

  Party, Giving, Choices

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Here`s the Republican Party with round heels for anybody who says the right thing at the current moment. Regardless of their record, regardless of their character, and regardless of who they are, it seems that if you say the right stuff now to the Republican ear, Steve Schmidt, they will say yes, no matter who you are.

  Chris Matthews

  Party, Character, Records

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Conservative values aren't really reflected in the radical values of the NRA. And the other idea was that the NRA is not what you think it is: It's an evolving, ever-changing organization, and it has not always been this radical, right-wing arm of the Republican Party, and that the history of the NRA is in fact really interesting.

  Abigail Disney

  Party, Thinking, Wings

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Look at, look, the Tea Partiers, who are controlling the Republican Party....Their stated policy, publicly stated, is to do whatever it takes to see to it that Obama only serves one term. What's, what does that, what underlines that? 'Screw the country. We're going to whatever we do to get this black man, we can, we're going to do whatever we can to get this black man outta here... It is a racist thing.

  Morgan Freeman

  Country, Party, Men

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• What is the environmental policy of the Republican Party? When I ask that question, I get a blank stare, if I'm president of the United States, we're going to address climate change and CO2 emissions in a business-friendly way.

  Lindsey Graham

  Change, Party, President

  "Lindsey Graham: Caitlyn Jenner Is 'Welcome in My Party'". www.theatlantic.com. June 7, 2015.

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• I knew Thomas Jefferson. He was a friend of mine. And believe me, you are no Thomas Jefferson. (at 1992 Republican party convention, referring to Bill Clinton)

  Ronald Reagan

  Party, Believe, Bills

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• the Republicans love to say that the Democratic Party is ruled by 'special interests.' But when pressed to name these 'special interests,' the usual reply is women, blacks, teachers, and unions. Those are 'special interests' to be proud of - because together they comprise the majority of Americans. What about the 'special interests' that dominate the Republican Party - the oil companies, the banks, the gun lobby, and the apostles of religious intolerance?

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Teacher, Religious, Party

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• We've got to stop being the stupid party. It's time for a new Republican Party that talks like adults.

  Bobby Jindal

  Stupid, Party, Important

  "Jindal: GOP must stop being 'stupid party'" by Steve Peoples, Ken Thomas, www.yahoo.com. January 25, 2013.

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• The Republican convention, an event with the intellectual content of a Guns'n'Roses lyric attended by every ofay insurance brokerin America who owns a pair of white shoes.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Party, Gun, Shoes

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government”, p.17, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• I think Republicans will not win again in my lifetime ... unless they become a new GOP, a new Republican Party. And it has to be a transformation. Not a little tweaking at the edges.

  Rand Paul

  Party, Winning, Reality

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