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• When a reporter files a piece about Republican that slams Republican or law enforcement or hypes up climate change, there's no attempt to expose their bias, to look at their background. And then when you find out later that they usually have a bias.

  Kimberly Guilfoyle

  Law, Hype, Climate

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Electing pro-choice Republican women can help foster a discussion that reflects the full spectrum of views and can lead to a more balanced and responsible public dialogue.

  Linda Lingle

  Views, Choices, Helping

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• Romney still enjoys the Republicans' traditional advantage among voters who are veterans, but the Obama campaign is confident it can chip away at that.

  Mara Liasson

  Campaigns, Voters, Veteran

  "Obama, Romney Pull Campaign Ads On Sept. 11". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. September 11, 2012.

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• By virtually any measure, the record of the Republican Majority is an appalling failure.

  Sheila Jackson Lee

  Majority, Records

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• I'm chairman of the Republican Governors Association.

  Bob McDonnell

  Association, Chairman, Governors

  "Romney camp doubles down on welfare reform claim". "Your World" with Stuart Varney, www.foxnews.com. August 8, 2012.

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• Republican governors are leading the way in helping the private sector create new jobs, reforming government and getting our economy back on track.

  Bob McDonnell

  Jobs, Government, Track

  "Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell Named RGA Chairman". www.rga.org. August 15, 2011.

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• If a Democrat took Republicans on rudely, they wouldn't be elevated in the Democratic Party. There's a different standard. We're supposed to be polite to people.

  Dannel Malloy

  Party, People, Different

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• What Republicans have done in my view is that they are systematically dismantling a sense of community in America.

  Tom Vilsack

  Views, America, Community

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• Mike Bloomberg may be a Republican these days. But he has been a Democrat for most of his adult life.

  Randi Weingarten

  May, Adults, These Days

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• You know, I think when you are unemployed, especially for a long time, it's hard to be inspired or hopeful almost about anything. So it's tough, especially when there has been such gridlock here in D.C. You know, when we are fighting and can't get anything done, whether you are liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican, no one wins.

  Peter Welch

  Fighting, Thinking, Winning

  "Congressman Welch: We in Congress have to look in the mirror". "On the Record", www.foxnews.com. January 24, 2012.

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• Democrats and Republicans were essentially the same party with different faces and that was why, no matter how many promises each leader made, significant change rarely transpired.

  James Morcan

  Party, Significant Change, Different Faces

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• I could never wrap my head around why the world and the President that Republicans describe bears so little resemblance to the world and the President that I experience. And now I know why. There is a President Obama that only Republicans can see.

  Jon Stewart

  President, World, Littles

  "Late-night talk shows can't get enough of mocking Clint Eastwood's empty chair" by Craig Berman, www.today.com. September 2, 2012.

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• As the Republican Party has moved farther and farther to the right, I have found myself increasingly at odds with the Republican philosophy and more in line with the philosophy of the Democratic Party.

  Arlen Specter

  Philosophy, Party, Odds

  Speech on Joining Democratic Party, www.foxnews.com. April 28, 2009.

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• The only, the only possibility would be if the Republicans are in the majority and they can offer me something that would be especially advantageous to Maine. Somebody said, 'You may be a committee chair.' I don't think so. I don't think anybody would want me that much.

  Angus King

  Thinking, Majority, Would Be

  "Senator Angus King knows that being a man without a party comes with perks" by Ben Terris, wapo.st. October 20, 2014.

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• The zeitgeist is for cutting spending and balancing the budget. But I do not want the Republican Party to be perceived as putting the budget ahead of people, jobs and education.

  Jack Kemp

  Jobs, Party, Cutting

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• The Republicans find their faith imperiled by Barney Frank's marriage. There is always a shadow on the wall, a monster in the closet, a mysterious rustling in the teeming underbrush of the conservative Id.

  Charlie Pierce

  Wall, Shadow, Monsters

  "The Lonely War Of Marlin Stutzman" by Charlie Pierce, www.esquire.com. October 3, 2013.

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• I’m pissed off at my Republican family back in North Carolina, several of whom came to my wedding, but who went right back and are voting for homophobes and acting like it doesn’t matter. It does matter and it’s time for the queers in this country to start saying so to their families. I think we’ve all cut them too much slack for far too long.

  Armistead Maupin

  Country, Cutting, Thinking

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• The thing about Republicans is that they don't care so much about respect, but they love fear, at least in others.

  Jane Smiley

  Care, Fear Of Love, Don't Care

  "What’s the Big Deal?" by Jane Smiley, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 26, 2009.

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• The selection of a Republican candidate for the presidency of this globalized and expansive empire is - and I mean this seriously - the greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance that has ever been.

  Fidel Castro

  Ignorance, Mean, Competition

  "Made in the World". www.nytimes.com. January 28, 2012.

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• When God created Republicans, he gave up on everything else.

  Frank Zappa

  Gave Up

  "Thicke of the Night" with Alan Thicke, April 28, 1984.

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• We profess to be republicans, and yet we neglect the only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government; that is, the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity by means of the Bible; for this divine book, above all others, favors that equality among mankind, that respect for just laws, and all those sober and frugal virtues which constitute the soul of republicanism.

  Benjamin Rush

  Book, Mean, Government

  Benjamin Rush (1988). “Essays: Literary, Moral and Philosophical”, Union College

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• I was the last Republican lieutenant governor and it's been over 20 years.

  Mike Curb

  Years, Lasts, Governors

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• I don't care what the political establishment says, Republican, Democrat - I'm a problem solver.

  Elizabeth Emken

  Political, Care, Problem

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• Mitt Romney speaking to a $50,000-a-plate Republican fundraiser says he doesn't have to worry about the 47 per cent of Americans who don't pay tax. He was not counting on the smart phone recording his speech and then posting it on YouTube.

  Malcolm Turnbull

  Smart, Phones, Worry

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• Unfortunately, the Republican leadership in the House right now seems to have been strangled by the tea party.

  Debbie Wasserman Schultz

  Party, House, Tea

  "DNC chair: 'We own the economy'" by Molly Ball, www.politico.com. June 15, 2011.

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