#republic

In 2008, Barack Obama did get Democrats hyperventilating, whipped up to a creamy froth, while John McCain creaked ahead like a cranky granddad whom Republicans let move to the front of the buffet line, deferring to seniority, as they had in 1996, when Bob Dole turtled to the top of the ticket. ↗

— James Wolcott

#barack #barack obama #bob #buffet #cranky

Republicans: steely, rational, paternalistic, respectful of authority, easy to herd, the party of No. Democrats: sugary, emotional, idealistic, yearning for novelty, hard to marshal, the party of Oh Yeah, Baby, Make Mama Feel Good. ↗

— James Wolcott

#baby #democrats #easy #emotional #feel

I have written things that Republicans and Democrats and all kinds of figures have either hated or felt very uncomfortable about. Because in doing these long projects and books, you get close to the bone. And they're not calling me up and asking me for dinner. ↗

— Bob Woodward

#asking #because #bone #books #calling

When you practice reporting for as long as I have, you keep yourself at a distance from True Believers. Either conservatives or liberals or Democrats or Republicans. ↗

— Bob Woodward

#conservatives #democrats #distance #either #i

My policy is I will help any policymaker who asks, whether they be a Republican or a Democrat. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#asks #democrat #help #i #policy

I've done work for both Democrats and Republicans. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#democrats #done #i #republicans #work

This is the voice of Vietnam Broadcasting from Hanoi, capitol of the Democratic republic of Vietnam. ↗

— Hanoi Hannah

#capitol #democratic #democratic republic #hanoi #republic

Twice the Republicans in the California legislature tried to block my seating because of my trips to Hanoi. ↗

— Tom Hayden

#block #california #hanoi #legislature #republicans

One of the great joys this year and the year before has been how all of the people in this body, men and women, Republicans and Democrats, have worked together so well with our chairman and the chairman of the full committee to address the issues of housing for our soldiers. ↗

— Robin Hayes

#been #before #body #chairman #committee

The problem we are dealing with at the border is not a Democratic problem. It is not a Republican problem. It is an American problem. ↗

— J. D. Hayworth

#border #dealing #democratic #problem #republican