Αυτη η Ν.Δ θυμίζει ένα κλειστό club αυλικών που λιβανίζουν τον πρωθυπουργό και το στενό του περιβάλλον, μη τυχόν και απωλέσουν την θεσούλα και τα προνόμιά τους.
Politics used to be the art of educating the public about reality and pushing for change where change is possible. Now politics is the art of convincing the public that you can make reality disappear if they votes for you. Sadly, our politicians can't make reality disappear. And every time they try to do so, reality comes rushing back with a vengeance.
"You can't divorce your particulars (the particulars of your existence) from politics." ~ Elphaba (The Wicked Witch of the West"
"The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country."
"it does not behoove an emperor to be as smart as his advisers"
“it does not behoove an old emperor to show that he sees through a trick and can shoot better than a gamekeeper….it does not behoove an emperor to know he is being smirked at, and this smirk is foolish so long as he refuses to notice it”
“If people aren’t involved in helping godly men in getting elected, then we’re going to have a nation of secular laws. That’s not what our Founding Fathers intended and that certainly isn’t what God intended. . . .”
“If you’re not electing Christians, tried and true, under public scrutiny and pressure, if you’re not electing Christians then in essence you are going to legislate sin.”
"'framing' - the cunning technique of dumbing down complex, controversial issues and policies by using powerful, evocative, emotive catchphrases and images in order to prejudice and undermine any potential challenge to those policies."
"There are only two surefire ways to get people to do what you want them to do. You either put on an iron glove and make them do it. Or you tell them God wants them to do it." ~ Keenan Drucker
“We’ll elect any bumbling fool, any champion of mediocrity to the highest office in the land as long as they have God as their running mate.” ~ Keenan Drucker
Yelling “God is on our side” is “very effective at rallying the masses. And at winning elections. . . .” ~ Father Jerome
“History’s shown us time and again, that mixing religion and politics only brings destruction.” ~ Larry Rydell