Utah is an exception to the rest of the country mostly because of partisanship. Here, it's 'my party right or wrong.' If Bill Clinton had done the things Bush is doing, his approval ratings in Utah would be in the basement.
Quotes about partisanship (16 Quotes)
Partisanship is our great curse. We too readily assume that everything has two sides and that it is our duty to be on one or the other.
It's unfortunate that some Democrats would trade progress for partisanship to benefit their political ambitions. What our country doesn't need are Democrat leaders who promote a cut-and-run strategy in Iraq that hurts our ability to fight the war on terror.
This isn't about partisanship and I'm afraid the White House is taking it in that direction in preventing this from coming forward,
We simply must look beyond partisan goals and find common ground as Americans. It is imperative that the Members of Congress recognize that partisanship will not serve the American people.
Exploiting people's emotions of fear, envy and anxiety is not hope, it's not change, it's partisanship. We don't need partisanship. We don't need demagoguery, we need solutions.
To the American people I say, awaken to what is happening. It is the duty of each citizen to be vigilant, to protect liberty, to speak out, left and right and disagree lest be trampled underfoot by misguided zealotry and extreme partisanship.
My fear is if there is a trial we're going to see the partisanship getting involved again -- attack, counter-attack, a challenge, a counter-challenge and it's disastrous to this country.
The Bush administration and the Republican Congress should not investigate themselves, ... And partisanship has no place in this inquiry.
True love of country is not mere blind partisanship. It is regard for the people of ones country and all of them it is a feeling of fellowship and brotherhood for all of them it is a desire for the prosperity and happiness of all of them it is kindly and considerate judgment toward all of them. The first duty of popular self-government is individual self-control. The essential condition of true progress is that it shall be based upon grounds of reason, and not prejudice. Lincolns noble sentiment of charity for all and malice toward none was not a specific for the Civil War, but is a living principle of action.
In recurring episodes over the next couple of decades, the minority view gradually won. A profusion of factors differentiates each case from the others, including naked partisanship on both sides, but the trend has been clear.
I have never seen such extreme partisanship, such bitter partisanship, and such forgetfulness of the fate of our fathers and of the Constitution.
People are choosing performance over partisanship.
Nobody doubts my partisanship, but a lot of the activity is nonpartisan.
Republican Sen. Tom Coburn, of Oklahoma showed exceptional emotional versatility, working a crossword puzzle during the hearing and then choking back a sob during a prosaic statement about partisanship, ... It was the biggest Senate choke-up since Sen. George V. Voinovich, R-Ohio, cried while opposing the nomination of the ambassador to the United Nations (John Bolton) - and Coburn has to get through three more days of hearings.
If you are tired of partisanship over patriotism, you need to vote for a change in direction.