Straw Character/Quotes
"Why am I forced to walk the Earth with this conscience? Maybe, if there's such a thing as reincarnation, I can come back down to Earth and just trample all over people without giving a damn about anyone but myself. That would be awesome. That's it -- in my next life, I'm coming back as a conservative."—Mick Foley, The Hardcore Diaries
"My God! You'd be less subtle if you spray-painted 'I hate Bush' on your chest and went in front of the White House naked!"
"I OPPOSE EVERYTHING"—Protester's placard in Dominion Tank Police
Big Oil (thought bubble): If I let this guy stop the weather, people will stop dying. But oil is made of dead things. That means less oil.
Big Oil (aloud): beat it, hippie!
Chainsawsuit, "Disastorm" the movie arc.
"I think Michael Moore is stupid! I think Bush is the best president! He is the best president because he has a dog!"
A Conservative Evangelical Christian's Approach To Comparative Religion:
Buddhism: Devil worship! Aieee!
Shinto: Devil worship! Aieee!
Hinduism: Devil worship! Aieee!
Voudoun: Devil worship! Aieee!
Santeria: Devil worship! Aieee!
Judaism: Christ killers! Kill them!
Islam: Terrorists! Kill them!
Wicca: Witches! Burn them!
Catholics: Idolators! Burn them!
Mormons: Heretics! Burn them!
Unitarians: Heretics! Burn them!
Church of Christ Scientist: Heretics! Burn them!
Protestants other than my church: Allies until they reveal their heresy, then we burn them!
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The different shades of political leaning can be typified by their attitudes toward the rate of change in the world around them. The radical is speeding toward the New at a breakneck pace; the liberal accepts the New at the pace it sets for itself; the conservative wants to slow its approach to a speed that he is comfortable with; and the reactionary wants to go in reverse.
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"The opponent in the episode, the guy who stands for banning the soda, is a complete moron and hypocrite. He is written explicitly to be wrong and they do every propaganda-like tactic to make sure you think he's wrong."
Basically, it reads like it was written from the secret villain lair in a Batman comic. By an intern.
—Megan McArdle, "Leaked Docs From Heartland Institute Cause a Stir — but Is One a Fake?", The Atlantic