Mark McKinnon Quotes

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• Drone attacks subvert the rule of law - we become judge, jury, and executioner - at the push of a button.
• In Texas money goes further, with one of the lowest costs of living, one of the lightest tax burdens as a percent of income, and…
• Limited government, low taxes, controlled spending and debt, and a restrained regulatory environment make Texas work.
• Democracy is but an experiment in the long history of the world.
• Social Security and Medicare are necessary safety nets, but they are nearing insolvency as fewer pay in, more take out, and more take out more.
• The Newtown massacre created a tipping point on the gun debate in America.
• Ronald Reagan was long thought to be the most conservative of Republicans. And by any standard today he is the most popular Republican in modern…
• The world is still changing. Faster than ever. And so should the Republican Party. Or condemn itself to a smaller and smaller base of core…
• A competition of the best ideas - that should be what Congress is about.
• Immigration reform almost happened under President George W. Bush. Twice. And it was comprehensive.
• Obama killed Osama. Yes, President Barack Obama gets to crow about the killing of Osama bin Laden.
• If we cannot come together to pause, to respect our dead and the heroic lives of meaning they led, then ours is truly a civilization…
• The office of the president is the most powerful in the world. It is also, at times, the most powerless.
• In politics, not all lies are all lies. And not all truths are complete.
• Reasonable people can reasonably disagree on policy.
• Ah, political physics. Someone wins an election and, poof, they are a candidate for vice president. Ridiculous.
• Conservative women in politics run a punishing gauntlet. They endure psychological evaluations and near-gynecological exams their male and liberal counterparts do not.
• Weary of wily politicians who say one thing and do another, voters and advocacy groups insist presidential contenders commit to the cause du jour in…
• Advocacy groups and voters are not wrong to push candidates to declare their position clearly on policy issues. That is good citizenship. Hard questions should…
• The job of elected leaders is to deliver results that represent the interests of the citizens who placed them in a position of authority with…

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