John Podhoretz Quotes

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• When Obama was inaugurated, he and his team had an insight - though whether the insight was conscious or not I don't know. But it…
• You know, you just know, that after the president goes out there and announces he wants to make community college free for all Americans -…
• Imagine his delight after it 'leaked' that he will propose raising taxes on the wealthy by $320 billion over the next 10 years, including increases…
• This, of course, has no chance of passing. But then Tuesday night'€™s State of the Union address could be the first one in history deliberately…
• If you want to know why Republicans and conservatives are in a political crisis, you need only consider the fact that the Right's deeply held…
• In 2013, there were 6,261 black homicide victims in the US — almost all killed by black civilians.
• Insulting the electorate and accusing it of spiritual weakness and sinfulness are not the ways to get yourself the job of president.
• The problem is that borrowing money to pay back more borrowed money that will oblige you in the future to borrow even more money doesn't…
• Back in 1995, Bill Gates himself didn't understand that the internet was the direction computing was going.
• Barack Obama is one of the greatest politicians in American history.
• Every great political campaign rewrites the rules; devising a new way to win is what gives campaigns a comparative advantage against their foes.
• Some candidates need to say provocative things that make noise to break through the media muffle and get themselves noticed.
• Your race and gender don't change, but you can choose to change your political affiliation at will.
• Memories of the last nine years have turned Ground Zero from a site of horror, to a reminder of grief, to an occasion for ludicrous…
• While negativity is politically useful, it is also demoralizing unless it is accompanied - and to some extent overshadowed - by elevated and inspiring ideas…
• America is great not because it's a team. America is great because it is a nation whose founding documents elevated the rights of the individual.
• America may be in a dour condition, but it is not going to elect a dour president.
• By keeping most tax rates at present levels, Obama and the Democrats will claim that they have championed tax cuts for the middle class.
• Conservatives must avoid the siren song of schism, or all is lost.
• For Obama to save himself, he should be thinking about the example of an unlikely Republican predecessor: Richard Nixon.

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