Political Quotes

“Madam President, our Nation faces grave challenges. We are looking at our fourth straight $1 trillion deficit, our credit rating has been downgraded, and public spending is out of control. The Nation demands leadership. At some moments in our Nation's history--at moments of crisis-- leaders have emerged, put partisanship aside, and worked to solve our greatest challenges. Although our current President has compared himself to both Franklin Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, his leadership is falling well short of their examples. Instead of taking the reins and making tough choices when presented with our current fiscal crisis, he has decided to put politics first. He always puts politics first. Just this morning, at the National Prayer Breakfast, the President took what has always been a nonpartisan opportunity for national unity and used it to promote his political agenda. He suggested to the attendees that Jesus would have supported his latest tax-the-rich scheme. With due respect to the President, he ought to stick to public policy. I think most Americans would agree the Gospels are concerned with weightier matters than effective tax rates. As long as the President has decided to assume the role of theologian-in-chief, he would do well to put tax policy aside and consider the impact of one of his latest ObamaCare mandates.…”