Political Ruminations

Morning Quote: Alan Simpson

Catfood Commissioner, and former senator, Alan Simpson’s (R-WY) response, when asked by a TIME magazine interviewer if he would ever run for office again:

“Oh, hell, no. Now it's just sharp elbows, and instead of having a caucus where you sit down and say, “What are you going to do for your country?” you sit figuring out how to screw the other side.”

GOP Economic Terrorism Contd.

Another old school Conservative weighs in:

“We’re at 15 percent revenue, and historically it’s been closer to 20 percent. We’ve never had a war without a tax, and now we’ve got two. Absolute bullshit.” Debt Commission Co-Chair Alan Simpson 

Via Bob Cesca

Morning Quote: Alan Simpson

Evidently former Wyoming senator, Alan Simpson (R), the current president of the Catfood Commission, has another side to him:

Who the hell is for abortion? I don’t know anybody running around with a sign that says, “Have an abortion! They’re wonderful!” They’re hideous, but they’re a deeply intimate and personal decision, and I don’t think men legislators should even vote on the issue.

Then you’ve got homosexuality, you’ve got Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. We have homophobes on our party. That’s disgusting to me. We’re all human beings. We’re all God’s children. Now if they’re going to get off on that stuff—Santorum has said some cruel things—cruel, cruel things—about homosexuals. Ask him about it; see if he attributes the cruelness of his remarks years ago. Foul.

Now if that’s the kind of guys that are going to be on my ticket, you know, it makes you sort out hard what Reagan said, you know, “Stick with your folks.” But, I’m not sticking with people who are homophobic, anti-women, moral values—while you’re diddling your secretary while you’re giving a speech on moral values? Come on, get off of it.

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Via Ashby