#special interest

Democrats believe we must create jobs, not protect the special interests; build the economy from the middle out, not the top down. ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

#build #create #democrats #down #economy

Republicans support opening the floodgates to special interest money and suppressing the right to vote. It's just plain wrong. ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

#just #money #opening #plain #republicans

Cliches about supporting the troops are designed to distract from failed policies, policies promoted by powerful special interests that benefit from war, anything to steer the discussion away from the real reasons the war in Iraq will not end anytime soon. ↗

— Ron Paul

#anything #anytime #away #benefit #cliches

To be fair, lying is part and parcel of public life. Every politician has lied about something because they are owned by the special interest groups that finance their elections. ↗

— Peter Schuyler

#because #elections #every #fair #finance

Journalism's ultimate purpose is to inform the reader, to bring him each day a letter from home and never to permit the serving of special interests. ↗

— Arthur Ochs Sulzberger

#day #each #him #home #inform

Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a special interest in them. ↗

— James Taylor

#by the people #entertainment #interest #news #now

I'm not going to rule out running for a second term. But, I think you have to be psychologically prepared to walk away from the job after four years. It's the only way that you cannot be influenced by those special interests. ↗

— Dick Murphy

#away #cannot #four #going #i

We pay a price when special interests win out over the collective national interest. ↗

— Chris Christie

#interest #interests #national #national interest #out

Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women, it is simply a good excuse not to play football. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#aspiring #being #excuse #football #good

I want to be able to say what's on my mind and in my heart and what I think is helpful and useful without somebody getting angry, some special interest group deciding this is the time to silence a voice of dissent and attack affiliates, attack sponsors. I'm sort of done with that. ↗

— Laura Schlessinger

#affiliates #angry #attack #deciding #dissent