Quotes About Politics

Well, Judy, I would hope in the new year, we could start thinking about politics not like it was the Super Bowl, where you always have to have one team that wins and the other team has to be a loser.

I always think that the party that offers the most hope and ideas for the future is the party that wins.

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.

How can you look at the Texas legislature and still believe in intelligent design?

All anyone needs to enjoy the state legislature is a strong stomach and a complete insensitivity to the needs of the people. As long as you don't think about what that peculiar body should be doing and what it actually is doing to the quality of life in Texas, then it's all marvelous fun.

Westerners know the difference between a talker and the real deal. If Rick Perry wasn't right to be governor of Texas, why should he be president?

I never saw anything funnier than Texas politics.

With all due respect to Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, neither of them understand Texas, nor do they understand the U.S.-Mexico border.

President Bush should be indicted and should be driven out of office. He should be sent back home in Texas.

I've been telling people, if we want to keep the Republican party in Texas, the Republican party in Texas needs to start looking like Texas. And I think that this is - that goes for the rest of the country as well.

George W. cares as much about climate change as you would expect from a Texas oilman.

We believe in honoring our mothers and fathers and keeping our smallest residents - our children - healthy. The politicians in charge of Texas now clearly don't. Perry has refused to even consider expanding health care coverage in Texas because he cares more about scoring political points than he does about our Texas families.

Texas is not really a red state - it's just a non-voting state.

Texas is now a cornerstone of the electoral college for Republicans.

When George W. Bush picked Dick Cheney, it was a reassuring sign that the Texas governor would have an experienced, prudent voice at his side.

Texas Democrats should be more concerned about what President Obama is doing to destroy the party, and the nation, than about what I am doing in going after him for that.

When I ran in Texas, I told the people of Texas, 'if you elect me, I will lead the fight against amnesty.'

I grew up in a Texas where people would say, 'I didn't leave the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party left me.' Now, the reverse is happening. People are leaving the Republican Party because the Republican Party is going too far to the right in Texas. And that's a source of great potential support for Democrats.

Imagine Texas as a blue state: how hard it would be to carry the presidency or gain control of the Senate.

I think, in Washington, getting things for the great people of Texas done is an important job.

The ability of Texas Republicans to be effective in Congress is based on having at least 218 Republicans in the House.

There's no question about the fact that for Democrats, Texas is a tough place.

I love what I do. I would hate to give it up. But if I could, I would run for office in Texas. I would run someplace heinous to make a difference.

I got my name in the hat for 2019 Mayor of Houston, Texas.