Post Your Favorite One-Liners from Democrats!!

[Sparkly]

Someone mentioned Al Sharpton in another thread (proposed as Press Sec for a Clark/Cleland administration!). It reminded me of his great and cutting lines during the debates, and other memorable quotes from Democrats.

A few (paraphrased, may not be exact):

Al Sharpton: "Martin Luther King had a vision; George W. Bush has hallucinations."

Wesley Clark: "I've forgotten more about national security than George Bush ever learned." And, "I'm not attacking George W. Bush for attacking the terrorists, I'm attacking him for NOT attacking the terrorists."

Joe Biden, to Condi (though he's not our favorite): "And for God's sake, don't listen to Rumsfeld -- he doesn't know what the hell he's talking about."

Howard Dean: "Tom Delay ought to go back to Houston where he can serve his jail sentence."

John Kerry: "Being lectured by the president on fiscal responsibility is a little bit like Tony Soprano talking to me about law and order in this country."

Other favorites??

(Edited to add Kerry's quote, which I confess I looked up.)

[Beaver Tail]

1. Joseph Welch - McCarthy Hearings

Have you no sense of decency

[KamaAina]

2. Ann Richards, about Poppy Bush:

"He was born with a silver foot in his mouth."

[Sparkly]

4. Oh yeah, she had some great ones!!

"Pooooor George.... He was born on third base and thought he hit a triple."

[Kerrytravelers]

3. It's the economy, stupid.

Give up some love for The Big Dog and the War Room!

[Sparkly]

7. "Strength and Wisdom are not opposing values."

Another one from the Big Dawg.

[Kerrytravelers]

20. You can not kill all your enemies.

The Big Dog- DNC 2004

[Booster]

5. "If you want to live like a Republican, you better vote for a

Democrat" Harry Truman

[AspenRose]

27. Another Truman classic

I don't 'give em hell.' I just tell the truth, and they think it's hell.

[Catholic Sensation]

6. Kerry on Bush:

if anyone deserves to be downsized it's President Bush.

And one from when John Kerry and John Edwards came to my college in the summer last year:

At least Democrats can find the people they're looking for.

[Hamlette]

8. There's nothing wrong with America that can't be fixed by what's right

with America. Clinton

[KamaAina]

9. Lloyd Bentsen to Dan Quayle:

"I knew Jack Kennedy, and Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."

A magnificent, almost British understatement. :-)

[punpirate]

10. Bob Kerrey on Rick Santorum....

"Santorum? Isn't that Latin for 'asshole'?"

[Sparkly]

17. LOL!!

I hadn't heard that one before.

[walldude]

31. LMAO.. Love Bob Kerrey.. n/t

[Sapphire Blue]

11. "Clearly, he lied,"

Asked if Bush had been lying to the American people when he said -- before the U.S. invasion -- that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, the Rev. Al Sharpton minced no words.

"Clearly, he lied," he said. Asked whether the president knew he was lying, Sharpton said, "I hope he knew he was lying, because if he didn't, and just went in some kind of crazy psychological breakdown, then we're really in trouble."

Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio agreed. "The president lied to the American people," he said about the failure by weapons inspectors to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/16/elec04.prez.dem.debate/

[datadiva]

12. Poor George

Ann Richards "Poor George", my absolute all time favorite. Laughed myself silly at the time.

[luxpara]

13. Carville on Falwell

"I wouldn't piss down his throat if his heart was on fire."

[babylonsister]

14. Was Ben Franklin a Dem? One of my faves:

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

[Booster]

37. Another Ben: "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to

be happy". I bet old Ben was a hoot at a party. ha

[babylonsister]

38. spenbax, I'll

drink to that! :toast:

[blueblitzkrieg]

15. "Strength and wisdom are not opposing values." -- Pres. Clinton

[Touchdown]

16. Barney Frank.

"Those who oppose abortion are pro-life only up to the moment of birth."

[Sparkly]

18. Good one -- a similar one from George Carlin

(If he's not a Democrat, he's certainly liberal): "If you're pre-born, you're golden; if you're pre-school, you're fucked."

[walldude]

32. Another quote from Carlin:

"The right wing wants live babies so they can have dead soldiers"

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

19. "I don't belong to an organized party. I'm a Democrat." Will Rogers

It was true when he said it, true today.

[Taxloss]

21. An oldie but a goodie from Adlai Stevenson:

Woman: "Every thinking person will vote for you!"

Adlai: "That's great ma'am, but I need a majority."

[enid602]

22. quote

I don't recall the exact quote, but when Reid called * a 'loser' I felt instant euphoria.

[DelawareValleyDem]

23. LBJ

'Jerry played too many games without a helmet'

describing Gerald Ford

[Sparkly]

24. Kickin' it

'cause I'm loving your responses! :kick:

[MelissaB]

25. And I'm helping because I am loving it, too.

:kick:

[ohio_liberal]

26. From Dick Gephardt

the famous phrase--

Miserable Failure

[Dude_CalmDown]

28. "If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats...

...we will stop telling the truth about them."

-Adlai E. Stevenson

[tsuki]

29. General Wesley Clark. Paraphrased. Resolve is fine, but a plan

is better.

[Caleb]

30. My favorite is from President Clinton

"There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America."

[KarenInMA]

33. Barney Frank on Santorum:

"This is the man who claimed to make eye contact with a blind woman",

or


Barney Frank to Pat Buchanon when Patsy talked about the "country was with him.."..well in the last election, .05% were with you, but everyone else pretty much ignores you."

[Sparkly]

34. LOL!!

I hadn't heard those, either!! :rofl:

[KarenInMA]

35. Barney can really say whatever he wants. As the first

openly gay member of congress, he knows he's never moving to a national stage, yet he does a very good job for his congressional district. He's known as the guy who will always be at a bbq, a christening etc etc. he's untouchable.

[ignatius 2]

36. "Mankind must put an end to war, before war puts an end to

mankind." JFK

[Leafy Geneva]

39. Andrew Young was addressing the National Press Club ...

in Wash., DC. This was during the Reagan administration, as I recall. One question from the audience asked him for his opinion about a black Democrat who had recently swithched to the Republican party. He replied:

Now you know, there ARE some rich greedy black folk out there. And I think they OUGHT to be Republicans.

[newyawker99]

42. Hi Leafy Geneva!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Leafy Geneva]

40. How 'bout one from a Repug?

"It is a sad day for America and the Constitution when a court decides the outcome of an election." - James Baker III

[eridani]

41. Dennis Kucinich--

"We are already paying for universal health care--we just aren't getting it."

[babylonsister]

43. Wednesday kick. nt