quotations about Republicans
To the cheater, there is no such thing as honesty, and to Republicans the idea of serving the public good is counterfeit on the face of it -- they never felt such an urge, and therefore it must not exist.
GARRISON KEILLOR
Homegrown Democrat
For anyone who is not a staunch Tea Party Republican, it is likely they comprehend that any iteration of the GOP is a threat to Americans; except the rich and the religious. Whether it is taking food from children and seniors, trying to take healthcare access from close to 20 million, or obstructing regulatory protection for everyone, the consensus among the sane is that Republicans are not good for Americans.
RMUSE
"Paul Krugman and Noam Chomsky Agree: Republicans Are A Serious Threat To Humanity", Politics USA, February 2, 2016
The Republican debate got pretty heated. They spent most of their time arguing over who God called first.
JAY LENO
The Tonight Show, September 7, 2011
Republicans sleep in twin beds--some even in separate rooms. That is why there are more Democrats.
WILL STANTON
Ladies' Home Journal, November 1962
So is there a difference between Democrats and Republicans? Sure. The Democrats say one thing ("Save the planet!") and then do another--quietly holding hands behind the scenes with the bastards who make this world a dirtier, meaner place. The Republicans just come right out and give the bastards a corner office in the West Wing. That's the difference.
MICHAEL MOORE
Stupid White Men
If the Republicans, who think slavery is wrong, get possession of the general government, we may not root out the evil at once, but may at least prevent its extension. If I find a venomous snake lying on the open praire, I seize the first stick and kill him at once. But if that snake is in bed with my children, I must be more cautious. I shall, in striking the snake, also strike the children, or arouse the reptile to bite the children. Slavery is the venomous snake in bed with the children. But if the question is whether to kill it on the prairie or put it in bed with other children, I think we'd kill it!
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
"Speech at Hartford", Evening Press, March 5, 1860
The image the Republicans have of themselves needs the image they have of the Democrats to bring it into sharp focus. The Democrats are plainly a disreputable crowd; the Republicans, by contrast, are men of standing and sobriety. Many a middle-class American in many a small town has had to explain painfully why he chose to be a Democrat. No middle-class American need feel uneasy as a Republican. Even when he is a minority--for example, among the heathen on a college campus--he can, like any white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant, warm himself before his little fire of self-esteem.
CLINTON ROSSITER
Parties and Politics in America
The candidates at the Republican debate looked like a town council that was outlawing dancing. They looked like a board of directors that was lying about poisoning a river.... I tried to TiVo the debate and my TiVo fell asleep.
DAVID LETTERMAN
Late Show with David Letterman, September 8, 2011
A gathering of Democrats is more sweaty, disorderly, offhand, and rowdy than a gathering of Republicans; it is also likely to be more cheerful, imaginative, tolerant of dissent, and skillful at the game of give-and-take. A gathering of Republicans is more respectable, sober, purposeful, and businesslike than a gathering of Democrats; it is also likely to be more self-righteous, pompous, cut-and-dried, and just plain boring.
CLINTON ROSSITER
Parties and Politics in America
The Republican brand is in the trash can. If we were dog food, they would take us off the shelf.
TOM DAVIS
memo, May 14, 2008
I wouldn't confuse the conservative movement and the Republican Party, 'cause they're two different things. The Republican Party is sometimes a vehicle for the conservative movement.
JOE GAYLORD
"What's Behind the 'Mad as Hell' Movement?", CBS News, September 20, 2009