#ill

When you've got somebody who's a flaming liberal like Bill Maher calling you out, something's wrong. ↗

— Dave Mustaine

#calling #flaming #got #liberal #like

Early in last season, George was very worried about other people's emotions, especially how they saw her, and felt she was outside looking in. This year, she still hopes people will accept her for who she is, but if they don't, she's OK with that. ↗

— Ellen Muth

#accept #early #emotions #especially #felt

Campaigns often make standing on principle the highest of virtues - and listening to your opponents a sure sign of weakness. It's the virtual opposite of what it takes to succeed in office. Squaring the circle takes a powerful combination of skills. But presidents who can campaign and compromise are generally the most successful. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#campaigns #circle #combination #compromise #generally

Bill Clinton sitting on Air Force One getting his hair cut while people around the country cooled their heels and waited for him, became a metaphor for a populist president who had gotten drunk with the perks of his own power and was sort of, you know, not sensitive to what people wanted. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#air force #around #became #bill #bill clinton

If people believe you're on their side, they will trust your decisions. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#decisions #people #side #their #trust

Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#turn #will #you

My father was always a straight-up funny guy. He was silly. He was my inspiration. ↗

— Mike Myers

#father #funny #funny guy #guy #inspiration

There are people in the public sector with a range of experiences that have no equivalent in business, but are essential to governing, like keeping a kid in school or helping someone get and hold a job. The value of those skills can't easily be measured against a bottom line. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#bottom #bottom line #business #easily #equivalent

A lot of people over time have had this kind of pattern in their relationship with Bill Clinton. You first meet him and you're overwhelmed by his talent. He's so energetic and articulate and full of ideas and he calls himself a congenital optimist and that optimism is contagious. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#bill #bill clinton #calls #clinton #contagious

After I left the White House, I kept a foothold in the business of American politics; as a talk-show host, analyst, commentator, speechmaker, and occasional writer. I was no longer a practitioner, but I was still a partisan, a Democrat, a blue-stater through and through. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#american #american politics #analyst #business #commentator