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Initech

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8. Here's a good one from the great Lewis Black:
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 09:58 PM
Apr 2014

"We have the Republicans, a party of bad ideas and the Democrats, a party of no ideas. And how it works is a Republican will stand up in Congress and go "I've got a really bad idea!", and the Democrats respond "Well I can make it shittier and shittier and shittier!!".

Sen. Edward Kennedy, 1980 concession speech: femmocrat Apr 2014 #1
I miss him too. red dog 1 Apr 2014 #3
Harry S. Truman hibbing Apr 2014 #2
Speaking of "Give 'em Hell, Harry" red dog 1 Apr 2014 #4
Churchill Boom Sound 416 Apr 2014 #5
"They are unanimous in their hate for me - and I welcome their hatred." Scuba Apr 2014 #6
"Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds" red dog 1 Apr 2014 #14
John Kenneth Galbraith, the quotable liberal economist: lastlib Apr 2014 #7
Good one! red dog 1 Apr 2014 #13
Here's a good one from the great Lewis Black: Initech Apr 2014 #8
This one is not necessarily political Shankapotomus Apr 2014 #9
Good quote, by a good man. red dog 1 Apr 2014 #12
All politics is local. nt rrneck Apr 2014 #10
"Political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible." rug Apr 2014 #11
“Government is the Entertainment division of the military-industrial complex.” ~ Frank Zappa Ptah Apr 2014 #15
"Hello", he lied. russspeakeasy Apr 2014 #16
“People that are really very weird frogmarch Apr 2014 #17
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure" red dog 1 Apr 2014 #18
ha! What a treasure frogmarch Apr 2014 #19
The Yogi Berra of politicians. malthaussen Apr 2014 #22
Funny you should say that red dog 1 Apr 2014 #23
Galbraith cyberswede Apr 2014 #20
"I am not a member of an organized political party. I'm a Democrat." bif Apr 2014 #21
I use that one as my logo quote. red dog 1 Apr 2014 #24
Pat Robertson Coventina Apr 2014 #25
JFK barbtries Apr 2014 #26
That's a great JFK quote red dog 1 Apr 2014 #28
"At long last, have you left no sense of decency?" A HERETIC I AM Apr 2014 #27
Welch really "got" McCarthy with that one. red dog 1 Apr 2014 #29
Yup. It was before my time.... A HERETIC I AM Apr 2014 #30
You're right about that. red dog 1 Apr 2014 #31
Yeah...I've read about that. (Edited) A HERETIC I AM Apr 2014 #32
Reagan only became President by illegal, deceitful acts.. red dog 1 Apr 2014 #36
J.Madison: "If men were angels, no government would be necessary." nt Jamaal510 Apr 2014 #33
A flea can be trained to do almost anything a Congressman can hobbit709 Apr 2014 #34
Good one! red dog 1 Apr 2014 #35
"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel": Samuel Johnson Tom Ripley Apr 2014 #37
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