April 10, 2003
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The GOP Ridiculous Quote Log
A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS
Making its way around the web . . .
"All
things equal, I would prefer to have a child in a school that has
a
strong appreciation for the values of the Christian community,
where a child
is taught to have a strong faith...The reason that Christian schools and
Christian universities are growing is a result of a strong value system.
In
a religious environment the value system is set. That's not the case in
a
public school where there are so many different kids with different kinds
of
values."
- U.S. Education Secretary Rod Paige [Washington Post, 4/9/03]
"My
sons are 25 and 30. They are blond-haired and blue-eyed. One amendment
today said we could not sell guns to anybody under drug treatment.
So does
that mean if you go into a black community, you cannot sell a gun to any
black person?"
- U.S. Rep. Barbara Cubin [Congressional Record, 4/9/03]
"Nothing
is more important in the face of a war than cutting taxes."
- House Majority Leader Tom DeLay [NY Times, 4/3/03, CongressDaily, 3/17/03]
"You
know, and this can be misconstrued, but honest to goodness (husband)
Ed
and I for years, for 20 years, have been saying, 'You know, look at who
runs
all the convenience stores across the country.' Every little town you go
into, you know?"
- U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC), who as the Charlotte Observer reported, "confided
in a speech that she had been driving, worried, around
the country for decades fueled by suspicions about Arab and Arab-looking
convenience store owners." [2/7/03]
"They
were an endangered species. For many of these Japanese Americans, it
wasn't safe for them to be on the street... "Some (Japanese Americans)
probably were intent on doing harm to us, just as some of these Arab
Americans are probably intent on doing harm to us."
- U.S. Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC), who according to the AP "agreed with
the
World War II policy of confining Japanese -Americans to internment camps." [AP, 2/5/03]
"I
want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president,
we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had
followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these
years, either."
- Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott (R-MS), praising Strom Thurmond's
segregationist presidential campaign [12/5/02]
"If
I see someone that comes in that has a diaper on his head and a fan belt
wrapped around the diaper on his head, that guy needs to be pulled over
and
checked."
- U.S. Rep. John Cooksey (R-LA) [Cox News, 9/20/01]
"We
should just turn the sheriff loose and have him arrest every Muslim that
crosses the state line."
- U.S. Rep. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) [Valdosta Daily Times, 11/20/01]
"It's
a hell of a challenge."
- Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT) responding to the question "Conrad,
how can
you live back there with all those niggers?" [AP, 10/20/94]
A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS
