I think there were two criticisms you can make of Donald Trump’s involvement in the Health Care Bill. First of all, there were times when he wasn’t being helpful. Secondly, there were times when he was trying to be helpful. I’m not sure which one did more damage.
BARNEY FRANKConservatives believe that from the standpoint of the federal government, life begins at conception and ends at birth.
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It is because the fight against the harshest aspects of unrestricted capitalism is therefore a political problem and not an intellectual one that community action remains so essential.
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What’s troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.
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In the debate between those who believe in essentially unregulated markets and others who hold that reasonable regulation diminishes market excesses without inhibiting their basic function, the subprime situation unfortunately provides ammunition for the latter view.
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Whenever people are being intellectually dishonest in debate, it is an implicit concession they have lost the fight
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Ronald Reagan believes in the free market like some people believe in unicorns.
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Regarding homophobia in general, the good news is that there is a lot less of it than there used to be. The bad news is that it ever existed in the first place, and the worse news is that it remains far stronger than is healthy for a society dedicated in theory to equality under the law.
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In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms.
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If Bob Barr (conservative republican congressman from Georgia) caught on fire and I was holding a bucket of water, it would be great act of discipline to pour it on him. I would do it, but I’d hate myself in the morning.
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And unless you think there is a serious chance you’re going to jail, don’t listen to your lawyer.
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I smoke a cigar or two a day. I did have a brownie once. It made me sleepy.
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The problem with the war in Iraq is not so much the intelligence as the stupidity.
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But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system will produce more inequality than is socially healthy or than is necessary for maximum efficiency.
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The issue is not that morals be applied to public policy, it’s that conservatives bring public policy to spheres of our lives where it should not enter.
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Ridicule is about the most powerful weapon possible.
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The Moral Majority supports legislators who oppose abortions but also oppose child nutrition and day care. From their perspective, life begins at conception and ends at birth.
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