Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise today deeply concerned that our Republican colleagues, in their ideological haze, have lost sight of the facts and the real people at home whose lives will be affected by the choices we make. They are lost in an ideological haze, a political dust storm that is distorting the facts and confusing process and policy with political propaganda. As the conservative columnist David Brooks has said, ``A normal Republican Party would seize the opportunity to put the country on a sound fiscal footing.'' He calls it ``the mother of no-brainers.'' But it is true, as many have said, that this Republican Party is not your grandfather's Republican Party. It is not even Ronald Reagan's Republican Party. This Republican Party is so far to the right that it cannot even see the center, where ideologies converge and good governance begins. This Republican Party sees the processes governing as one-sided--their side and no other. Today, those on the far right wave the Constitution that established a form of government to protect us from tyranny yet see any form of compromise as defeat and the only clear victory is total surrender to their position. Here we are, working to try to ensure that reason prevails. We have offered the largest spending cuts in a generation, asking that those cuts be accompanied by closing tax loopholes and ending tax giveaways and unreasonable subsidies to those who need them the least.…”