Armed rebellion is a viable alternative to elections:”Our
nation was founded on violence. The option is on the table. I don’t
think that we should ever remove anything from the table as it relates
to our liberties and our freedoms.” —Tea Party-backed Texas GOP
congressional candidate Stephen Broden, suggesting the violent overthrow
of the U.S. government if Republicans don’t win at the ballot box,
interview with Dallas’s WFAA-TV, Oct. 21, 2010
Banning abortions for high-risk pregnancies can be a positive experience for women: “I
have been in the situation of counseling young girls… who have had very
at risk, difficult pregnancies. And my counsel was to look for some
alternatives, which they did. And they found that they had made WHAT WAS
REALLY A LEMON SITUATION INTO LEMONADE.” — Sharron Angle on abortion
Bringing your gun to crowded public events is normal:“It’s not unusual in political rallies, it’s not unusual in parades, to see that type of thing.” — Joe Miller on guns at his rallies
Carbon Dioxide is safe:”Carbon dioxide is
portrayed as harmful. But there isn’t even one study that can be
produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas.” —Rep. Michelle Bachmann
Climate change is a myth:“I absolutely do not
believe in the science of man-caused climate change. It’s not proven by
any stretch of the imagination…It’s far more likely that it’s just
sunspot activity or just something in the geologic eons of time. Excess
carbon dioxide in the atmosphere ‘gets sucked down by trees and helps
the trees grow.”’ – Ron Johnson
Corporations are people:”Corporations are
people, my friend… of course they are. Everything corporations earn
ultimately goes to the people. Where do you think it goes? Whose
pockets? Whose pockets? People’s pockets. Human beings, my friend.” —GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney
Discrimination on the basis of race is desirable:“I
don’t want to be associated with those people, but I also don’t want to
limit their speech in any way in the sense that we tolerate boorish and
uncivilized behavior because that’s one of the things freedom requires
is that we allow people to be boorish and uncivilized, but that doesn’t
mean we approve of it.” —Rand Paul, taking issue with the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 while arguing that government should not prevent
private businesses from discriminating on the basis of race
Evolution is a myth:“You know what, evolution is a myth….Why aren’t monkeys still evolving into humans?” —Christine O’Donnell
Geography is not important:”I’m ready for the
‘gotcha’ questions and they’re already starting to come. And when they
ask me who is the president of Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan I’m going
to say, you know, I don’t know. Do you know?” —Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain
Government has no role in job creation:“People ask me, ‘What are you going to do to develop jobs in your state?’ Well, that’s not my job as a U.S. senator.” —Sharron Angle
Higher education is elitist:“President Obama
wants everybody in America to go to college. What a snob … Oh, I
understand why he wants you to go to college. He wants to remake you in
his image.” –Rick Santorum
Hitler coined the phrase “separation of church and state”:“The
exact phrase ‘separation of Church and State’ came out of Adolph
HItler’s mouth, that’s where it comes from. So the next time your
liberal friends talk about the separation of Church and State, ASK THEM
WHY THEY’RE NAZIS.” — Glen Urquhart
Inciting violence is acceptable:“I hope that’s
not where we’re going, but you know if this Congress keeps going the
way it is, people are really looking toward those Second Amendment
remedies and saying my goodness what can we do to turn this country
around? I’ll tell you the first thing we need to do is take Harry Reid
out.” —Nevada GOP Senate candidate Sharron Angle, floating the possibility of armed insurrection in a radio interview
Intelligent Design is a viable scientific theory:“There are hundreds and hundreds of scientists, many of them holding Nobel Prizes, who believe in intelligent design.” – Michele Bachmann
Lawyers are Un-American:“the ABA is about as
far left as the Communist Party, so those who usually get those awards
are lawyers committed to socialism, not freedom.” – Tea Party Nation Founder Judson Phillips
Marriage is related to national security:”Isn’t that the ultimate homeland security, standing up and defending marriage?” —Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA), on congressional efforts to pass a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage (July 2004)
The media is a threat to national security:“The
greatest threat to America is not necessarily a recession or even
another terrorist attack. The greatest threat to America is a LIBERAL
MEDIA BIAS.” — Lamar Smith
Minimum Wage created unemployment:“If we took
away the minimum wage-if conceivably it was gone-we could potentially
virtually wipe out unemployment completely because we would be able to
offer jobs at whatever level.” —Michele Bachmann
Most Americans cannot accept gay marriage: “Gay
marriage is probably the biggest issue that will impact our state and
our nation in the next, at least, thirty years. I AM NOT UNDERSTATING
THAT.” — Michelle Bachmann
Obama is the enemy:“He has no place in any station of government and we need to realize that he is an ENEMY OF HUMANITY.” — Trent Franks on Obama
The rise of the Soviet Union is cause for concern among Americans: ”What
people recognize is that there’s a fear that the United States is in an
unstoppable decline. They see the rise of China, the rise of India, the
rise of the Soviet Union and our loss militarily going forward.” —Michele Bachmann (R-MN), unaware that the Soviet Union collapsed more than two decades ago (August 2011)
Sexual Revolution created AIDS:“We had the 60s sexual revolution, and now people are dying of AIDS.” —Christine O’Donnell, Politically Incorrect. August 1998
Trees have a proper height: ”I love this state. The trees are the right height.” —Mitt Romney, campaigning in Michigan (February 2012)
We should use prisons for low-income housing:“THESE
ARE BEAUTIFUL PROPERTIES with basketball courts, bathroom facilities,
toilet facilities. Many young people would love to get the hell out of
cities” — Carl Paladino on housing poor people in prisons
Women are disposable:”She’s not young enough or pretty enough to be the wife of a President. And besides, she has cancer.”’ —future House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA), reportedly speaking to a friend in 1980 about why he was divorcing his first wife
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