Welcome to Quote the Ravin' #4, a collection of quotes from August 17-23. Here you will find plenty of quotes from people that believe that Muslims have Constitutional rights that we all have, but not to build a community center in a Burlington Coat Factory in the summertime. But if they put a Starbucks in the lobby, that could be a game changer.
If anything else happened this week, it was drowned by false outrage and buried in an unmarked blogpost. Feel free to drop your own favorite quotes in the comments.
The 1st amendment guarantees all Americans the right to say what we want, on the air no matter how offensive, without having our sponsors drop us, like the clothes off Laura Schlessinger in the late 1970's.
—Stephen Colbert, on Schlessinger's defense of her on-air meltdown.
There is simply no room there for compromisers or for people who accept money from those determined to destroy the moral fabric required for self-governance and liberty.
—Joseph Farah, whose organization World Net Daily dropped Ann Coulter for speaking at Homocon, the conservative gay convention next month. Are they destroying the moral fabric, or using it for their fashion shows?
I was going to speak for you guys, I think you’re nuts on the birther thing (though I like you otherwise!).
—Ann Coulter, in response. OH MY GOD, I agree with Ann Coulter!
The hunger has almost disappeared. Except when there's food around and TV ads and stuff.
—Libertarian Congressional candidate Mike Benoit. Benoit and Democrat Ray Lutz went on a hunger strike to protest Rep. Duncan Hunter's (R, CA) refusal to debate them. Apparently, they still watched Rachael Ray and drove by a Hardees.
Because that person represents something that would give away our country. Would give away who we are, our rights and freedoms and liberties because they are afraid to stand up and confront that which is the antithesis, anathema of who we are.
—Congressional candidate Alan West (R, FL) complaining about coexist bumper stickers. Yeah, Bill of Rights, schmill of rights. What's that first one again?
I’ve been preaching for 25 years that bullying is not OK. There was no way I could then say, ‘OK, you can bully me.’
— Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Department of Education Kevin Jennings, who refused to step down from his position because he was gay.
They are looking for me to come in low, but I'm coming in from above.
—Bin Laden hunter and fellow dialysis patient Gary Brooks Faulkner, on his decision to go into Pakistan to hunt the terrorist mastermind. Better bring a boat, too.
If it were a murder trial, she would have wanted to see the video of the shooting.
—Juror Erik Sarnello, about the one hold-out who caused a hung jury in all but one charge in the case against Rob Blagojevich.
He's charging more than Shaft.
—Larry Arroyo, who dressed as DC comics character Shade for Wizard World Chicago Comic Con, about Rod Blagojevich's fee for signing autographs at the convention. He's a bad mother…shut your mouth!
We were all really disappointed to see this happen with a guy who is a representative of hunters.
—Department of Fish and Game spokesman Patrick Foy, who charged Ted Nugent with 11 counts hunting in Caiifornia after he aired it on his hunting show, Spirit of the Wild.
If you want, there's an old Burlington Coat Factory that's available to be rented.
—Jon Stewart to Jennifer Anniston on The Daily Show, when she said she wished she lived back in New York City.
There’s just one problem — the Mosque is at Ground Zero.
Red State's Erick Erickson, on the AP's advisory to its reporters to stop reporting the Park 51 location as the "Ground Zero mosque" and say instead it's "near Ground Zero". Erickson then supported his statement by listing several statements by organizers of the center that said it was "near Ground Zero."
Pelosi's investigation of Harry Reid&Howard Dean&others who oppose Ground Zero Mosque will be enlightening,we're sure.(Note to AP: GZM term)
—Reality TV show celebrity Sarah Palin, mocking the AP's memo. Apparently she was mocking their style guide for things like spacing and punctuation as well.
Politically correct Judenrats like New York Mayor Michael Boomberg and Scott Stringer (Manhattan Borough President) and domestic enemies who are supporting the mosque - with open ties to Islamic Terrorist organizations and supporting states are doing nothing more than erecting a giant middle finger to be trust at the victims of 911... which includes all of civilized Mankind.
—Blogger Mark Williams, who was kicked out of the Tea Party for being too racist. You don't say.
They’re out to convert you. . . . They want to have their own law in our country.
—Actor Tony Lo Bianco, at the Park 51 building protest. Uh, are we talking about the Christians?
It looks to me like the politicians are fiddling while the economy burns.
—Rep. Ron Paul (R, TX), on the circus over Park 51.
I mean, look at the other black guys in the crowd. They had the sensibility to be white.
—Stephen Colbert, on the mob uproar that occurred when a lone guy of color with a skullcap walked through Sunday's protest in Manhattan.
The jet, as well as being an ambassador of death for the enemies of humanity, has a main message of peace and friendship.
—Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on Iran's first domestically built unmanned bomber aircraft. Yeah, we say the same thing about ours. Trust me, it ain't like that.
If you haven't done your homework yet, what is it going to take? I urge you to catch up on it and catch up on it fast. It's kind of important. For a couple of reasons. One, uh, the whole end of time thing.
—Glenn Beck, urging his viewers to become more educated...FEAR FEAR FEAR! Sorry, I don't know what came over me.
In the 35 years that I have been involved in Republican politics – I have never seen a Republican try to personally destroy another Republican in this way.
—Marilyn Quayle, on political attacks against her son, Congressional candidate Ben Quayle (R, AZ). Someone needs to get out more.
Republicans in Congress are good at only two things: prevaricating and procrastinating. But definitely not legislating.
—Rep. Alan Grayson (D, FL), on Crooks and Liars.