The Hayride » Quote Of The Day http://thehayride.com News And Commentary On Louisiana And National Politics Sat, 26 May 2012 14:54:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Quote Of The Day, May 25, 2012 http://thehayride.com/2012/05/quote-of-the-day-may-25-2012/ http://thehayride.com/2012/05/quote-of-the-day-may-25-2012/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 15:03:51 +0000 MacAoidh http://thehayride.com/?p=42057 “What happened here was the accumulated karmic backlash of forty years’ worth of Establishment Democrats telling the Activist Left that they were the vanguard of, and spokesmen for, a broad American populist movement. For the longest time, such lies were simply an accepted part of the public policy debate; mostly because the country had no yardstick by which to judge the Left’s turnout and activities.

“But then came the Tea Parties — which showed people what a real American populist movement looks like, and what it can do — and its success stung the Activist Left at the exact moment that Scott Walker came along and not unreasonably decided that if he was elected on a platform of doing certain things, he had best start doing them. This infuriated the Left, but not as much as the refusal of Walker and the WI GOP to go weak-kneed at the first sign of push-back. So… the recall movement was born!

“And… fizzled. The Left should have cut their losses when Prosser demonstrated that drum circles and illegal indoor camping in the Rotunda didn’t translate into votes… and they definitely should have cut their losses when the first wave of recalls didn’t live up to the hype. But they didn’t, and now the people of Wisconsin are increasingly demonstrating that they’re tired of all of this – and they’re not blaming the Republicans, either. Such a shame, but that’s what you get whe- hey! The bacon’s fully cooked.”

- Moe Lane

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- Mitt Romney

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- Victor Davis Hanson

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- President Woodrow Wilson, a Democrat

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- Newark mayor Corey Booker, a Democrat, on Meet The Press Sunday

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- Thomas Jefferson

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- Sen. David Vitter, on the deal reached last night which appears to have resolved the controversy about legacy lawsuits.

]]> http://thehayride.com/2012/05/quote-of-the-day-may-17-2012/feed/ 0 Quote Of The Day, May 16, 2012 http://thehayride.com/2012/05/quote-of-the-day-may-16-2012/ http://thehayride.com/2012/05/quote-of-the-day-may-16-2012/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 10:11:52 +0000 MacAoidh http://thehayride.com/?p=40556 “We will probably hear leaks about an undisclosed Romney ailment — only to wonder why Obama, alone of major candidates in recent decades, has never released his medical records. We should expect to hear that Romney got a B or C in some college course — only to remind us that Obama, alone of major candidates, does not want anyone looking at his college transcripts. Do we really wish to hear how an admitted prep-school serial use of beer, marijuana, and occasional coke, and a history of skipped classes, translated into admission into Occidental and then Columbia? We will hear another 19th-century Romney family polygamy story only to be reminded of a 20th-century Obama counterpart. We will be lectured about a fiery Mormon bishop only to hear it trumped by another racist rant from Jeremiah Wright.”

- Victor Davis Hanson

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- Sen. Karen Carter Peterson, the new chair of the Louisiana Democrat Party, in discussing a release last week praising President Barack Obama for openly supporting gay marriage.

]]> http://thehayride.com/2012/05/40477/feed/ 0 Quote Of The Day, May 14, 2012 http://thehayride.com/2012/05/quote-of-the-day-may-14-2012/ http://thehayride.com/2012/05/quote-of-the-day-may-14-2012/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 16:43:50 +0000 MacAoidh http://thehayride.com/?p=40457 “Last year at this time, we were looking for 2,000 coal miners to go to work. Now there’s 2,000 laid off. We’ve got six coal-fired power plants that are being shut. We’re losing our competitive edge, and it’s wrong.”

- Bill Maloney, the Republican candidate for governor in West Virginia, on what the EPA has done to the coal industry.

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- Thomas Sowell

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- Robert Stacy McCain, commenting on news that Against Me! singer Tom Gabel plans to undergo a sex-change operation but remain married to his current wife.

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But it is far more important that they be free than they be thin.”

- Ace Of Spades

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- George Will

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- Neil Wagoner, the former head of Louisiana’s Department of Transportation, commenting on a survey showing the $409 million Audubon Bridge over the Mississippi between St. Francisville and New Roads is carrying less than 3,000 vehicles per day.

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