#isa

Romney and Democratic rival President Obama have led their partisan backers down a trail of lies, negativity and vacuous policies that seem certain to guarantee an angry electorate four more years of gridlock. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#backers #certain #democratic #down #electorate

What I have found is that my fan base will follow me to whatever I'm doing. They gave me a big tune-in for Hallmark. They were just happy to see me working again, and my job is not to disappoint them, not to cheat them. ↗

— Genie Francis

#base #big #cheat #disappoint #doing

But on those occasions when I do strongly disagree with the Democrats and I don't say anything, I think I forfeit my right to have people pay attention to me when I say the things that I don't like about what Republicans are saying. ↗

— Barney Frank

#anything #attention #democrats #disagree #forfeit

Above all else stands the burning question of bipartisanship. Whatever else the politicians might say they're about, our news analysts know that this is the true object of the nation's desire, the topic to which those slippery presidential spokesmen need always to be dragged back. ↗

— Thomas Frank

#above #always #back #bipartisanship #burning

I was never a fan of Barack Obama's bipartisanship routine. ↗

— Thomas Frank

#bipartisanship #fan #i #never #obama

If we had, we would have realised sooner that Indigenous organisations are sometimes not the appropriate channel for programmes to help the stolen generations, because many of them play little part in Indigenous associations. ↗

— Malcolm Fraser

#associations #because #channel #generations #had

We are lagging far behind comparable countries in overcoming the disadvantages Indigenous people face. ↗

— Malcolm Fraser

#comparable #countries #disadvantages #face #far

Disappointment is an endless wellspring of comedy inspiration. ↗

— Martin Freeman

#disappointment #endless #inspiration #wellspring

I don't think it was a surprise that I ended up as an actor, and it was anything but a disappointment. ↗

— Martin Freeman

#anything #disappointment #ended #i #surprise

There is nothing far-fetched about disappointment as a subject for comedy. It's something we are all too familiar with. ↗

— Martin Freeman

#comedy #disappointment #familiar #far-fetched #nothing