#pol

Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists. ↗

— John McCarthy

#better #both #face #honesty #humanity

In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

#dictated #ethical #even #honorable #military

My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#dad #guy #kind #particularly #polite

I was in the room with, you know, more than a dozen Republicans trying to negotiate the stimulus. Most of them decided the politics of the situation meant they should walk away, even if it wasn't responsible in terms of what our country needed right then. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

#country #decided #dozen #even #i

Obviously, I have been a pro-choice candidate for my entire political career, and obviously there is controversy always surrounding this issue. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

#been #candidate #career #controversy #entire

But having said that, what's happening with campaign finance reform and our political culture is devastating. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#campaign finance #campaign finance reform #culture #devastating #finance

When the government allocates monopoly rights to frequency, and there are only a handful in each community, it's picking the winners in the competition. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#competition #each #frequency #government #handful

So it's a much more difficult issue to organize around, because you can't get media at all to make your case. And that's where cases tend to be made politically. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#because #case #cases #difficult #get

So the system we have in radio and television today is the direct result of government policies that have been made in our name, in the name of the people, on our behalf, but without our informed consent. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#behalf #consent #direct #direct result #government

The commercial broadcasters have tremendous influence in Washington, D.C., for a couple of reasons. First, they're extremely rich and they have lots of money and they have had for a long time, so they can give money to politicians, which gets their attention. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#broadcasters #commercial #couple #extremely #first