Quotes About Partisanship

The Democrats' radicalism does not end with illegal immigration and health care. It extends into other aspects of their policy platforms.

Believe me, I bash liberals for being mean-spirited and angry, but there are plenty on my side who are the same way.

My Democratic colleagues, many of whom hold law degrees, should know better than to intentionally oversimplify court rulings to mislead the public and score political points.

I am shocked that both the Congress and SAD make fun of comedians.

It's funny that some of the people who complain the most about intelligence being politicized are the ones politicizing the intelligence.

Great drama is all about conflict, and what's a better conflict than Republican-Democrat?

The American people do not care which Party solves the problems confronting our nation.

Protestants so often confuse being Republican with being Christian.

You can see how dysfunctional this Congress is.

Congress doesn't hate Congress.

Congressional dysfunction is the logical result of closed primaries, too many gerrymandered one-party seats, and low-turnout elections.

The Democrats, they don't think about long-term consequences for this country. They never do.

Brains, you know, are suspect in the Republican Party.

Moderation is regarded by the Republican base with suspicion.

Temperamentally, I am suspicious of belonging to anything. When I ran for office, I debated seriously whether or not to run as an independent because I was not eager to be saddled with the Democratic Party, because any party label is committing.

The thing that sustains a strong Fox network is the thing that undermines a strong Republican party.

Even I felt sorry for Richard Nixon when he left; there's nothing you can do about being born liberal - fish gotta swim, and hearts gotta bleed.

New Mexico has been, in the past, a swing state.

Florida has been, and will continue to be, a swing state.

Party switching has all the emotional edges and baggage of divorce.

As a lifelong Democrat, I never thought I'd lead an effort to defend the symbol of the Republican Party. But when I saw the cruelty that Ringling inflicts on elephants every day across the country, I had to speak up.

I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.

Politics is too partisan, and sometimes patriotism is cast aside. Patriotism is honor and love of your country and your brothers and sisters. With politics I get the impression that it's all about what's good for the party and not necessarily what's good for the country.

Our government has betrayed us," said his father. "In your opinion. So what? In America, when the Republicans won the last election, the Democrats didn't riot!