America For Purchase

Stupid statements from the Religious Right and Republicans do nothing to engage hardworking, taxpaying Americans to their agenda of fear and hate.  They isolate women, minorities, moderates, Independents and gay Americans. These Republicans and Religious right people make no apologies for their bigoted remarks even when they are ‘called’ on them.

Unfortunately, this is not an all inclusive list. See some of their ‘rantings’ and judge for yourself:

“We’re going to keep building the party until we’re hunting Democrats with dogs.” Senator Phil Gramm (R-TX)

“I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn’t do my job” George W. Bush

“Homosexuals want to come into churches and disrupt church services and throw blood all around and try to give people AIDS and spit in the face of ministers.” Pat Robertson.“Environmentalists are a socialist group of individuals that are the tool of the Democrat Party. I’m proud to say that they are my enemy. They are not Americans, never have been Americans, never will be Americans.” Former Rep. Don Young (R-AK)

“Emotional appeals about working families trying to get by on $4.25 an hour are hard to resist. Fortunately, such families do not exist.” Former Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX)

“Exercise freaks are the ones putting stress on the health care system.” Rush Limbaugh

“I don’t know that atheists should be considered citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God.” George H.W. Bush

“We don’t have to protect the environment; the Second Coming is at hand.” Republican James Watt (Former Secretary of the Interior)

“The New York Times and Washington Post are both infested with homosexuals themselves. Just about every person down there is a homosexual or lesbian.” Jesse Helms

“I would like to outlaw contraception…contraception is disgusting – people using each other for pleasure.” Joseph Scheidler (Pro-Life Action League)

“George Bush was not elected by a majority of the voters in the United States, he was appointed by God.” Republican Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin

“Rail as they will about ‘discrimination,’ women are simply not endowed by nature with the same measures of single-minded ambition and the will to succeed in the fiercely competitive world of Western capitalism.” Pat Buchanan

“I want you to just let a wave of intolerance wash over. I want you to let a wave of hatred wash over you. Yes, hate is good…Our goal is a Christian nation. We have a biblical duty; we are called by God to conquer this country. We don’t want equal time. We don’t want pluralism.” Randall Terry (Operation Rescue)

“I do know that it’s true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could, if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down” Republican Bill Bennett

“Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream of society.” Rush Limbaugh

“Don’t use the word ‘gay’ unless it’s an acronym for ‘Got Aids Yet” Bob Dornan (Rep. R-CA)

“Isn’t that the ultimate homeland security, standing up and defending marriage?” Sen. Rick Santorum

“You work three jobs? … Uniquely American, isn’t it? I mean, that is fantastic that you’re doing that”? George W. Bush

“Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.” George W Bush

“The implication that there was something wrong with the war plan is amusing.” Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld

“Capital punishment is our way of demonstrating the sanctity of life.” Sen. Orrin Hatch

“If you think the United States has stood still, who would have built the largest shopping center in the world?”Richard M. Nixon

“It may come as a shock to you who live out in the real world, but occasionally we do something up here. Not often, I admit, but sometimes. For example, I think the House has passed National Peach Month so far this year and we expect to act on it soon.” Former Sen. Bob Dole (R-KS)

“For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three nonfatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It’s just unacceptable, and we’re going to do something about it” President George W. Bush

“Every day Saddam remains in power with chemical weapons, biological weapons, and the development of nuclear weapons is a day of danger for the United States.” Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-CT

“Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction”. Dick Cheney

“Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised.” George Bush

“I also would like to point out that there was a bill — the hate crimes bill that’s called the Matthew Shepard bill is named after a very unfortunate incident that happened where a young man was killed, but we know that that young man was killed in the commitment of a robbery. It wasn’t because he was gay.” Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC)

“This cannot pass. What we have to do today is make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers on this thing. This will not pass. We will do whatever it takes to make sure this doesn’t pass.” Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN)

“The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation’s history. I mean in this century’s history. But I didn’t live in this century.” Vice President Dan Quayle

“President Washington, President Lincoln, President Wilson, President Roosevelt have all authorized electronic surveillance on a far broader scale.” Republican Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez (of course there were no phones or electricity when Washington and Lincoln were in office)

“On the question of so-called torture, we don’t do torture.” Dick Cheney

“I believe we have more to fear from the potential of that bill (Health Care) passing than we do from any terrorist right now in any country.” Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC)

Health care reform will ”put seniors in a position of being put to death by their government.” Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC)

“I feel the best way to ensure Americans’ freedom is to tighten restrictions on that freedom in any way possible. Only through wiretaps, illegal searches and seizures, unfettered government intrusion, a controlled media and a complete crackdown on free speech can we ensure the liberties of all people.” Former Republican Attorney General John Ashcroft

“I think gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman” Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger

“We should not have a government program that determines if you’re going to pull the plug on grandma.” Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA)

The “ultimate conclusion” of legalizing same-sex marriage would be the legalization of polygamy, bestiality, child molestation and pedophilia.” Pat Robertson

“Climate change is “ridiculous pseudo-science garbage” Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)

“[Pelosi] is committed to her global warming fanaticism to the point where she has said that she’s just trying to save the planet. We all know that someone did that over 2,000 years ago, they saved the planet, we didn’t need Nancy Pelosi to do that.” Rep. Michele Bachmann, (R-MN)

“It’s odorless, colorless, tasteless, doesn’t cause cancer, doesn’t cause asthma… there’s nobody that’s ever been admitted to a hospital because of CO2 poisoning.” Rep. Joe Barton, (R-TX)

“I’m trying to think where else this has been done, Soviet Russia, Nazi, Germany, Mussolini’s Italy,” Beck said. “In fact, the Nazis took an extra step. Not only did they indoctrinate the kids and tell them you’re probably right, you know but your parents don’t; in fact, here’s the next step: Why don’t you tell us what your parents are telling you. Are we having the new Hitler youth? Is that what this is? The new Hitler youth?” Glenn Beck, FOX News

“The idea that carbon dioxide is a carcinogen that is harmful to our environment is almost comical. Every time we exhale, we exhale carbon dioxide. Every cow in the world, you know when they do what they do you’ve got more carbon dioxide.” Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)

“In the Battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed” George W Bush “Mission Accomplished” banner behind him)

“I don’t really believe homosexuals want to get married. What they want to do is destroy marriage and some of the other things we have in our society.” Pat Robertson

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