So…Doing Your Job Is Actually Quitting? Remember: In 2012, A Vote For Obama Is Really A Vote For You
“[I]t may be tempting and more comfortable to just keep your head down, plod along, and appease those who demand: ‘Sit down and shut up,’ but that’s the worthless, easy path; that’s a quitter’s way out.”
– Sarah Palin, in her resignation speech as governor of Alaska
What Ignatieff Actually Said on The Subject:””
“It is really important that Canada be on top [of] this because otherwise…somebody will come up with the idea of creating an entirely new group. A group that would certainly include key countries like China and India, but no particular reason why it would include Canada.”
– quote incorrectly attributed to Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff by Prime Minister Stephen Harper while at the G8 summit
But, I’ve Learned How To Straddle Holes
“I believe that when you throw mud, you lose ground…”
– Stephen Harper, June, 2004
Considering The Name-calling, Obstruction And General Ill Will, Obama Should File For Divorce
“The honeymoon is over.”
– RNC Chair Michael Steele on Barack Obama’s presidency
You Can’t Elect Them If You Don’t Throw Them Out Of Office
“You can’t put them in prison unless you release them.”
– Harry Reid, explaining why he voted against funding the closure of the American prison in Guantanamo Bay
Oh, I Don’t Know – A Boycott Would Probably Really Spur Compliance
The “intent here is to promote compliance.”
– Leonard Katz, CRTC vice-chairman of communications, on why it would not make public the names of telemarketers who violated its do not call list
I’m Sure The Spanish Inquisition (Nobody Expects The Spanish Inqui – Yeah Yeah) Feels Vindicated
“One of the reasons these techniques have been used for about 500 years is that they work.”
– Republican Senator Lindsey Graham defending the Bush administration’s torture policies
Do They Have To Be 30? Can’t The Bias Affect 29 or 31 Year-olds?
“The sooner the Ontario and Canadian Human Rights Commissions, with their openly acknowledged 30-year-old gay bias are abolished, the better.”
– Alphonse de Valk, Catholic Insight Magazine, in a letter to the Toronto Star
CUPE Members, Apparently
“People say I’m extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But, tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?”
– Imelda Marcos
Can Five Seconds Really Be Considered An Era?
“The era of apologizing for Republican mistakes of the past is now officially over. It is done.”
– RNC Chair Michael Steele on…I’m not really sure what
Your Naivety Would Be Touching If We Didn’t Live In A Post-9/11 World
“It’ll reduce the risk of sort of capricious and arbitrary actions taken in the name of security.”
– Canadian Public Safety Minister Peter van Loan, talking about the decision by the US to involve the Canadian government in assessments of the security risks on its northern border
And, I’m Proud Of Each And Every One I’ve Made
“They are terrible, they are bad and they are not funny.”
– Sandra Bullock on romantic comedies
At Least Daycare’s Not A Romantic Comedy
“They’ve understood perfectly well that when you’re raising children, you don’t both go off to work and leave them for somebody else to raise, and this is not a statement against daycare.”
– Iris Evans, Alberta Finance Minister
But, Then The Doctor Comes With Their Meds And They Sleep It Off
“Stranger people have looked into the mirror and said:”I want to be president of the United States.”
– former aide to President Richard Nixon Stephen Hess, on Sarah Palin
Yet, Some Of Us Continue To Resist Teaching Economics To Third Graders
“The huge failure of Canadians is not to educate the children properly, and then why should we be surprised when they have mental illnesses or commit dreadful crimes?”
– Iris Evans, Alberta Finance Minister
He Cites Christ’s Little Known Admonition To”Blow Thine Enemies Away With Concealed Handguns”
“I don’t see any contradiction in this. Not every Christian denomination is pacifist.”
– Ken Pagano, pastor of the New Bethel Church, on his invitation to his congregation to bring their guns to church
At Least Women Are Still Listening To The Tories
“Women in particular hear all Conservatives want is to cut taxes. That means they want to slash programmes, that means that they don’t care about people. And, that just really bothers me.”
Christine Elliott, losing candidate for leadership of the Ontario PCs
At Least One Person Wasn’t Listening To Christine Elliott
“There’s a wellspring of anger out there, we’ll be able to tap into it.”
– unnamed senior adviser to Ontario Tory leader Tim Hudak
Invest In Tums!
“There’s too much gas in North America.”
– Andrew Boland, energy analyst
Just Plan On Being Here When It’s There And There When It’s Here
“Don’t worry if some security breach occurs here or there.”
– Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki
That’s Only A Good Career Move For Messia -Wait A Minute!
“If I die, I die. So be it.”
– Sarah Palin, discussing her resignation as governor of Alaska (again)
We’d Prefer It If They Surrendered Without A Shot Being Fired
“I can tell you there’s no intention to start a war with the Senate.”
– Conservative House Leader Jay Hill
Not Helpful To Public Debate Or Your Bank Balance?
“I do not think this is helpful. It doesn’t move me one whit.”
– US Senator Dianne Feinstein, responding to ads claiming that she opposes a public health care option because she has been generously funded by medical corporations
He Only Drinks The Finest Wines When Ordering Hits On His Rivals
“He is part of a criminal organization, the Mafia, but he has good taste.”
– a spokesman for Italy’s Direzione Investigativa Antimafia on organized crime boss Beniamino Gioiello”Don Tito” Zappia
We Roasted Marshmallows And Told Ghost Stories, And Then We Got In Our Pajamas And Gossiped About Stephen Harper Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallll Night!
“This was the best G8 ever!”
– Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, host
So That They Can Be Terminated In An Unbiased Way When They Become Embarrassing To Our Government
It is”important that programmes be administered according to their criteria at an unbiased way.”
– Prime Minister Stephen Harper explaining why funding for Toronto’s Gay Pride Week will be reviewed by the federal government
Actually, Only Spawning Fish Go Against The Flow – Could This Be The Real Reason She Resigned?
“Nah, only dead fish ‘go with the flow.'”
– Sarah Palin, in her resignation speech as governor of Alaska; she’s the gift that keeps on giving