Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX): On the October 31 edition of MSNBC's Hardball, Armey said of the attacks on Kerry's remarks, "Well, it's pretty standard fare in political discourse. You misconstrue what somebody said. You isolate a statement, you lend your interpretation to it and then feign moral outrage." When host Chris Matthews stated that Kerry "was trashing Bush," Armey responded, "Right," and went on to say, "A fundamental premise of politics is we can make this work if people just never figure it out."
2006-11-03 01:21:47 · 13 answers · asked by . 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
What is it about the quote that you find so interesting? That is the way politics is played. Candidates spend as much time trying to demean and demoralize their opponent as they spend telling you why they are so wonderful themselves. They could care less who they hurt in the process. In my mind, this is one of the big reasons why the country is so divided - hate based politics. It isn't enough to support your candidate or party anymore - you are supposed to "hate" your opponent. Solving issues just doesn't seem important anymore.
2006-11-03 01:30:50 · answer #1 · answered by Madhouse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-27 01:13:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same people ignoring the quote are the same people who had Clinton impeached for cheating on his wife and lying about it (what cheating husband hasn't done that and then gone into the voting booth?), yet have an arsenal of "good reasons" for believing Iraq had WMDs, the main reason being the president said it was so. Hello? Knock knock? Anyone home out there????
2006-11-03 01:28:26 · answer #3 · answered by Kodoku Josei 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Much like Stalin's quote (which he may never have said)
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."
Source - Boris Bazhanov's 'The Memoirs of former Stalin's secretary'. Saint Petersburg, 1992
2006-11-03 01:25:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Becuase armey was right, so the Bush driven media is hiding it. Have yuo seen him since?
2006-11-03 01:25:03 · answer #5 · answered by Jon C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats messed up. hes pretty much letting ppl know that politics is a bunch of little boys on a power trip. or maybe hes trying to get publicity. hes probably going to come back with some statement that wins him some voters. its all a game.
2006-11-03 01:25:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey Boo Boo watch out for the ranger .Right Yogi ! I am programing another voting machine so I get elected picnic basket supervisor .
2006-11-03 01:29:08 · answer #7 · answered by playtoofast 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Republican party's whole philosophy can be summed up by that last line.
2006-11-03 01:24:41 · answer #8 · answered by brian2412 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thank you for sharing this,smart people don't run for office
2006-11-03 01:24:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its true thats all i can say
2006-11-03 01:23:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋