Great Orators of the Democratic Party

[moss20]

The Past
"One man with courage makes a majority."
-Andrew Jackson

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt

"The buck stops here."
-Harry S. Truman

"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
-John F. Kennedy (This may have first been said by Omar Bradley.)

And for today's Democrats...
"It depends what your definition of 'IS' is?""
-Bill Clinton

"That Obama -I would like to cut his NUTS off."
-Jesse Jackson

"Those rumors are false .... I believe in the sanctity of marriage."
-John Edwards

"I invented the Internet"
-Al Gore

"The next Person that tells me I"m not religious, I"m going to shove my rosary beads up their ASS."
-Joe Biden

"America is--is no longer, uh, what it--it, uh, could be, uh what it was once was... uh, and I say to myself, 'uh, I don"t want that future, uh, uh for my children.'"
-Barack Obama

"I have campaigned in all 57 states."
-Barack Obama

"You don't need God anymore, you have us democrats."
-Nancy Pelosi (said back in 2006)

"Paying taxes is voluntary."
-Sen. Harry Reid

"Bill is the greatest husband and father I know. No one is more faithful, true, and honest than he."
-Hillary Clinton (said back in 1998)

[GS78]

" I have been focused on jobs this entire year"...Barrack Hussien Obama.2/4/2010....translation= Its February 5. This "entire year" is less than 60 days.....

[GS78]

"proper and well organized leaders are always capable of solving any problems and that in the absence of such leaders, anarchy prevails,"


told senior party officials they should avoid raising expectations by promising "everything all at once" only to ignore voters after election day.

"You cannot turn into promisers, who make promises only to ... get into power and then spend their time solving their own personal problems,"..........................................................................................................................................



















said Putin, who is the party's chairman.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6145UJ20100205



bet you thought it was one of 'ours' didn't you? read the article, sounds like Putin is way ahead of Obama,Pelosi,and Reid........

[Flavet]

moss20, I know this is cruel and unthinking. You posted: "The buck stops here.- Harry S. Truman."

When the ol' artillery cap'n was asked his middle name his reply was, "It's S for nothing." So HST didn't want and doesn't deserve that period after his S; I can't terminate after the immediately preceding S because I'd have to follow it with a damn dot!

Your friendly nitpicker

[Leonidis]

Let's spread the love a bit to include both parties since I would argue, there is not one that has a monopoly on stupidity/dishonesty!!!

Hmmm, uhh, hah -- ummm -- I, the answer is -- I haven't really thought of it that way, heh, heh. Heh. Here's how I think of it. Ummm -- heh heh. First I've heard of that, by the way, I, ah -- uhh -- the, uhh -- I, I guess I'm more of a practical fella. Uhh. I vowed after September the 11th that I would do everything I could to protect the American people. And, uhh -- my attitude, of course, was affected by the attacks.ha ha ...ummm Let me see... I knew we were at a war. I knew that the enemy, obviously, had to be sophisticated, and lethal, to fly hijacked airplanes, uhh, into -- facilities that would, we would, killing thousands of people, innocent people, doin' nothing, just sittin' there goin' to work."
--President George W Bush, after being asked if the war in Iraq and the rise of terrorism are signs of the apocalypse.

"I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself."
--Ronald Reagan

"Reagan taught us deficits don't matter"
Vice President Cheyney

"Trees cause more pollution than automobiles."
--Ronald Reagan

"Boy, they were big on crematoriums, weren't they?
--George H.W. Bush–during a tour of Auschwitz

"I am not a crook"
--Richard M. Nixon

The implication that there was something wrong with the war plan is amusing." --SECDEF Donald Rumsfeld, on criticism of his management of the Iraq war

"Capital punishment is our way of demonstrating the sanctity of life."
--Senator Orrin Hatch

"It’s like the neighborhood I would have grown up in, I think, if I had have grown up here."
--Alan Keyes, on the Chicago neighborhood he chose to rent in after moving to the state to run for the U.S. Senate

"For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three nonfatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It's just unacceptable, and we're going to do something about it"
--Former President George W. Bush

"My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators."
Vice President Cheyney--March 16, 2003

"President Washington, President Lincoln, President Wilson, President Roosevelt have all authorized electronic surveillance on a far broader scale."
--Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, testifying before Congress

“The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation’s history. I mean in this century’s history. But we all lived in this century. I didn’t live in this century.”
--Dan Quayle, Sept. 15, 1988 during a press conference in Moore, Okla., in answer to a question on the Holocaust

I feel the best way to ensure Americans' freedom is to tighten restrictions on that freedom in any way possible. Only through wiretaps, illegal searches and seizures, unfettered government intrusion, a controlled media and a complete crackdown on free speech can we ensure the liberties of all people."
-- Attorney General John Ashcroft

I think gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman"
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger

"What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is."-
--Vice President Dan Quayle

"I had other priorities in the sixties than military service."
Vice President Cheyney on his five draft deferments, April 5, 1989

"They are also building schools for the Afghan children so that there is hope and opportunity in our neighboring country of Afghanistan."
--Sarah Palin, speaking at a fundraiser in San Francisco, Oct. 5, 2008

"As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where– where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border." --Sarah Palin, explaining why Alaska's proximity to Russia gives her foreign policy experience, interview with CBS's Katie Couric, Sept. 24, 2008

[allingeneral]

Welcome aboard Leonidis. Thanks for helping us to be "Fair and Balanced"

[Leonidis]

My pleasure General. Perhaps this last quote sums it up best:

"There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle."
~Alexis de Tocqueville

[CCFan]

My pleasure General. Perhaps this last quote sums it up best:

"There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle."
~Alexis de Tocqueville

Oooh..... I was doing ok until you started quoting a Frenchman.... You know the most heavily armored French tank has all the armor in the rear.....

[Leonidis]

Hey, even a blind squirrel.......

[Username]

I can't find proof of the Pelosi quote despite much googling... anybody else have any luck?

A lot of the others I was able to find and are true, valid quotes, but that Pelosi quote I don't know about.

Good stuff though, Wife and I laughed pretty hard at these.

[Leonidis]

The Pelosi quote is a myth, its not documented anywhere except on websites such as the FreeRepublic and others (the original list by Moss20, in fact can be found there verbatim, in exact order). In addition, the Al Gore quote is also incorrect as well. He never stated "I invented the Internet." What he did say is

"During my service in the US Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet."

[zephyp]

The Pelosi quote is a myth, its not documented anywhere except on websites such as the FreeRepublic and others (the original list by Moss20, in fact can be found there verbatim, in exact order). In addition, the Al Gore quote is also incorrect as well. He never stated "I invented the Internet." What he did say is

"During my service in the US Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet."

Even if pelosi didnt say that she has said plenty of other things against our freedoms and against the American people. Regarding gore's "quote" what he really did say is the same difference and congruent with "I invented the internet."

[Leonidis]

You can find something damaging from almost every politician, but its important to make sure we don't cross the line and attribute things that never happened. As for Gore, when he made that statement, he was acting like most politicians, taking credit for "initiatives" he supported as a member of Congress. Take a look at the exact quote in its full context:

"During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system."
---Al Gore during an interview with Wolf Blitzer on CNN (March 9, 1999)

This quote was eventually twisted to that found on the original list. You may interpret it as you will, but he never said "I invented".

[zephyp]

If I said "I took the initiative in creating the pistol" you could later say that I invented the pistol and be correct based only on what I said. Invented and created are pretty much synonymous.

Can you please explain the difference between create and invent? Gore basically took credit for something he did not create. What he did do was make sure some money was appropriated for the internet. Perhaps you didnt know that. And, that doesnt mean he created or helped create it. It only means he supported it. BIG difference.

[Leonidis]

Exactly, but Gore never said he "invented" the Internet and the operative word in his original statement is "initiative". He took the the initiative which led to its creation together with a host of others. For example Thomas Edison as everyone knows, invented the light bulb without any assistance, funding, or ideas from others. Dwight D. Eisenhower, on the other hand, took/led (supposedly) the initiative together with others in the Republican party that created our federal highway system as it exists today. He had no hand in the design or initial concept and is not referred to as the "inventor" of said system, but he was involved in leading the effort/initiative to create our federal highway system. Gore was one of many involved in pushing the legislation/funding that moved DARPA's initial version of the Internet--a DoD entity--into the mainstream for use by the public. Supporter would have been a better word, unless of course he led Democrat Party efforts to fund and mainstream the system.

Frankly, all I'm saying is that partisan politics can color a statement any way it wants. I, frankly, refuse to let them do it for me and will examine the facts myself.

l

[GS78]

Let's spread the love a bit to include both parties since I would argue, there is not one that has a monopoly on stupidity/dishonesty!!!

Hmmm, uhh, hah -- ummm -- I, the answer is -- I haven't really thought of it that way, heh, heh. Heh. Here's how I think of it. Ummm -- heh heh. First I've heard of that, by the way, I, ah -- uhh -- the, uhh -- I, I guess I'm more of a practical fella. Uhh. I vowed after September the 11th that I would do everything I could to protect the American people. And, uhh -- my attitude, of course, was affected by the attacks.ha ha ...ummm Let me see... I knew we were at a war. I knew that the enemy, obviously, had to be sophisticated, and lethal, to fly hijacked airplanes, uhh, into -- facilities that would, we would, killing thousands of people, innocent people, doin' nothing, just sittin' there goin' to work."
--President George W Bush, after being asked if the war in Iraq and the rise of terrorism are signs of the apocalypse.

I think that was GW doing his "Obama-minus-teleprompter" impression.

[GS78]

Let's spread the love a bit to include both parties since I would argue, there is not one that has a monopoly on stupidity/dishonesty!!!

Hmmm, uhh, hah -- ummm -- I, the answer is -- I haven't really thought of it that way, heh, heh. Heh. Here's how I think of it. Ummm -- heh heh. First I've heard of that, by the way, I, ah -- uhh -- the, uhh -- I, I guess I'm more of a practical fella. Uhh. I vowed after September the 11th that I would do everything I could to protect the American people. And, uhh -- my attitude, of course, was affected by the attacks.ha ha ...ummm Let me see... I knew we were at a war. I knew that the enemy, obviously, had to be sophisticated, and lethal, to fly hijacked airplanes, uhh, into -- facilities that would, we would, killing thousands of people, innocent people, doin' nothing, just sittin' there goin' to work."
--President George W Bush, after being asked if the war in Iraq and the rise of terrorism are signs of the apocalypse.

"I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself."
--Ronald Reagan

"Reagan taught us deficits don't matter"
Vice President Cheyney

"Trees cause more pollution than automobiles."
--Ronald Reagan

"Boy, they were big on crematoriums, weren't they?
--George H.W. Bush–during a tour of Auschwitz

"I am not a crook"
--Richard M. Nixon

The implication that there was something wrong with the war plan is amusing." --SECDEF Donald Rumsfeld, on criticism of his management of the Iraq war

"Capital punishment is our way of demonstrating the sanctity of life."
--Senator Orrin Hatch

"It’s like the neighborhood I would have grown up in, I think, if I had have grown up here."
--Alan Keyes, on the Chicago neighborhood he chose to rent in after moving to the state to run for the U.S. Senate

"For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three nonfatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It's just unacceptable, and we're going to do something about it"
--Former President George W. Bush

"My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators."
Vice President Cheyney--March 16, 2003

"President Washington, President Lincoln, President Wilson, President Roosevelt have all authorized electronic surveillance on a far broader scale."
--Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, testifying before Congress

“The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation’s history. I mean in this century’s history. But we all lived in this century. I didn’t live in this century.”
--Dan Quayle, Sept. 15, 1988 during a press conference in Moore, Okla., in answer to a question on the Holocaust

I feel the best way to ensure Americans' freedom is to tighten restrictions on that freedom in any way possible. Only through wiretaps, illegal searches and seizures, unfettered government intrusion, a controlled media and a complete crackdown on free speech can we ensure the liberties of all people."
-- Attorney General John Ashcroft

I think gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman"
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger

"What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is."-
--Vice President Dan Quayle

"I had other priorities in the sixties than military service."
Vice President Cheyney on his five draft deferments, April 5, 1989

"They are also building schools for the Afghan children so that there is hope and opportunity in our neighboring country of Afghanistan."
--Sarah Palin, speaking at a fundraiser in San Francisco, Oct. 5, 2008

"As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where– where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border." --Sarah Palin, explaining why Alaska's proximity to Russia gives her foreign policy experience, interview with CBS's Katie Couric, Sept. 24, 2008

welcome back,........been wondering where you have been ..

[moss20]

Who's back????????????????

[zephyp]

Exactly, but Gore never said he "invented" the Internet and the operative word in his original statement is "initiative". He took the the initiative which led to its creation together with a host of others. For example Thomas Edison as everyone knows, invented the light bulb without any assistance, funding, or ideas from others. Dwight D. Eisenhower, on the other hand, took/led (supposedly) the initiative together with others in the Republican party that created our federal highway system as it exists today. He had no hand in the design or initial concept and is not referred to as the "inventor" of said system, but he was involved in leading the effort/initiative to create our federal highway system. Gore was one of many involved in pushing the legislation/funding that moved DARPA's initial version of the Internet--a DoD entity--into the mainstream for use by the public. Supporter would have been a better word, unless of course he led Democrat Party efforts to fund and mainstream the system.

Frankly, all I'm saying is that partisan politics can color a statement any way it wants. I, frankly, refuse to let them do it for me and will examine the facts myself.

l

Yes, but you left out the real operative word "create" which he did indeed say. Create and invent are pretty much the same thing. As a matter of fact IMO the term create is more powerful than invent. That is, God creates and man invents.

[Leonidis]

We're getting away from the original issue which was that the quote attributed to Al Gore was incorrect. He never used the word "invented" period. Using the forward leaning logic attributed to saying Gore "invented" the Internet, I guess Sarah Palin in explaining her foreign policy experience did indeed say

"I can see Russia from my house"