A biography for Mike Gallagherhasn’t been written yet.
“We simply have to reign in the piggish people and money-hungry lawyers who chase every ambulance they see and expect companies and individuals to pay for everything that goes wrong.”
“Jesse Jackson is a master of the old expression that it doesn't matter what someone says about you as long as they spell your name right.”
“When your spouse is given a bleak prognosis, you become an expert in soaking up every moment of every day.”
“Liberals would prefer it if the bald eagle on the Great Seal was holding olive branches in both talons, or, better, an olive branch in one, and maybe a soft cushion in the other, to entice our enemies to lie down and snooze.”
“While everyone of all political stripes are admitting that the surge is working and dramatically reducing the level of bloodshed in Iraq, Obama managed to complain that the Iraqis aren't spending as much in rebuilding their own country as a result of the surge.”
“Many activists and antagonists who are on the wrong side of an issue employ the tactic of, 'the best defense is a good offense.'”
“You can't be part of the unum, to a liberal. You always have to be a pluribus.”
“After watching the shrill reaction from liberals to the George Zimmerman verdict, I am reminded about why I'm proud to be a conservative.”
“A Democrat who had been JFK's Secretary of the Navy, Connally believed that as many as 20 million Democrats would cross over to vote for Nixon because George McGovern wasn't qualified to lead the nation, particularly because of his proposals for military cutbacks.”
“Listener and reader input is every bit as important as anything any of us can say. We'd be like crazy people chattering in the middle of that empty field that Joe Biden thinks we should stand in to be safe from swine flu if it weren't for the calls, the letters, the blogs, and the reaction from our audience.”
“That's the underlying tactic of the Obama administration in 2012: push the war on women, the war on the middle class, the war on gay people, and the war on Hispanics, and hope it will carry the day.”
“All of these 'protections' were put into place to provide public school teachers with the kind of job security and cushy work rules that United Auto Workers have enjoyed.”
“The George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin affair is one of the most important and clarifying moments in American history.”
“Donald Trump is clearly the underdog in this race. Just about every organized institution has thrown everything it has at him. And they won't stop until they get their wish, that Hillary Clinton will be sworn in on January 20, 2017.”
“I think liberals would love to see the conservative party be more moderate, more middle of the road. I mean, my gosh, what do you call John McCain? Some would argue, what do you call Mitt Romney?”
“The belief that government must be the ultimate nanny to our children is one of the fundamental philosophical disagreements between the Right and Left.”
“It doesn't matter if one is live on-air or sitting through a commercial break. There aren't any on or off switches on a lapel pin microphone; it is always 'hot.'”
“I wish I could understand why so many people have a nearly manic desire to excuse, defend, explain or condone evil.”
“I don't have the level of vitriol and hatred for the other side as some of my colleagues do.”
“For many impoverished people, living under a tarp or in a cardboard box is a way of life.”