Here is a good fitting quote. "Why, of course, the people don't want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship." - Hermann Goring
"Politics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government. Like other values it has its counterfeits. So much emphasis has been placed upon the false that the significance of the true has been obscured and politics has come to convey the meaning of crafty and cunning selfishness, instead of candid and sincere service." "I should be very sorry to see the United States holding anyone in confinement on account of any opinion that that person might hold. It is a fundamental tenet of our institutions that people have a right to believe what they want to believe and hold such opinions as they want to hold without having to answer to anyone for their private opinion." Calvin Coolidge
Well said silent Cal. The contemporary GOP seems to thrive on misdirection. Still looking for 21st Century conservative thinkers who can express their philosophy .......
Right Wing... Left Wing... It's like debating over two wings on the same dirty bird. Is this a brain teaser question... Or one of those kind of questions someone ask knowing darn well they won't get the answer they're looking for But I'm interested to see what responses you get to your question. If any.
None of the historical figures quoted here could get the Repub nomination today. Let me try with someone from our time: Oh wait, he couldn't get the nomination either.
I would say that Reagan wouldn't get it either, but he'd just say whatever necessary to appease the far right to be nominated.
In 1950 something Eisenhauer started the Interstate Highway System, though now the GOP would consider it excess big gubmint spending and we would be still waiting for the a couple of corporations to have their stock analysts decide whether they could maximize their profits on the project in the next quarter.
So we're hitting the debt ceiling in a couple of weeks. I can't wait to see how the Republicans handle that one. Its going to be fun and extremely terrifying all at the same time!
Not that terrifying. They will play to the libertarian/TeaParty types for awhile and then avoid default after all the big biz guys who control like to have the country function at least for their benefit. Sort of lie what they do to the one issue folks like the anti-abortion or anti-gay issue folks.
Assuming "immediate disclosure" means tying the contribution to a specific person and not some faux corporation or PAC or other dark-money mechanism, I'm surprised to hear this from Cruz.
Congressman Darrell Issa's statement re: Human Trafficking bill that he co-sponsored and the president taking the teeth out of it when he tried to implement via executive order.
