Quips & quotes

“(Paul Ryan) is the embodiment of the machine our music rages against… Ryan carries a rage against women, a rage against immigrants, a rage against workers, a rage against gays, a rage against the poor, a rage against the environment.”

— Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello

“Our country might have been better off if it was still just men voting. There is nothing worse than a bunch of mean, hateful women. They are diabolical in how than can skewer a person. I do not see that in men. The whole time I worked, I’d much rather have male bosses than a female boss. Double-minded, you never can trust them. Because women have the right to vote, I am active, because I want to make sure there is some sanity for women in the political world. It is up to the Christian rednecks and patriots to stand up for our country. God bless America.”

— Janis Lane, president of the Mississippi Tea Party

“Things are changing. My husband and I live in Milledgeville because we want to be out in the country. I’m gay, but I’m as redneck as I can get, and we want to be somewhere we can fish and jump on a four-wheeler, go hog wallowing. There are probably 40 or 50 of us gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender people. Around here, they’re all open about it, everybody knows it. It’s not like there’s a gay bar here. We go to the same bars as everybody else; we’re all part of the same community. If there are people who have a problem with it, they keep it to themselves.”

— Here Comes Honey Boo Boo cast member Uncle Poodle, speaking to the Georgia Voice

“This is a turning point in American history and, yes, the state of Washington. The movement you are fighting is the most important movement to win.”

— Rick Santorum said at an anti-marriage equality rally in Washington