"I know you like to use that word, Liberal, as if it were a crime." -- Congressman Matthew Santos
"I know Democrats think Liberal is a bad word. So bad you had to change it. What do you call yourselves now, Progressives? Is that it?" -- Senator Arnold Vinnick
"It's true... Republicans have tried to turn Liberal into a bad word. Well, Liberals ended slavery in this country." -- Santos
"A Republican president ended slavery." -- Vinnick
"Yes, a Liberal Republican, Senator. What happened to them? They got run out of your party. What did Liberals do that was so offensive to the Liberal Party? Liberals got women the right to vote. Liberals got African Americans the right to vote. Liberals created Social Security and lifted millions of elderly people out of poverty. Liberals ended segregation. Liberals passed the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act. Liberals created Medicare. Liberals passed the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act. What did conservatives do? They opposed every single one of those things. Every one. So, when you try to hurl that label at my feet, Liberal, as if it was something to be ashamed of -- something dirty -- something to run away from -- it won't work, Senator. Because I will pick up that label, and I will wear it as a badge of honor." -- Santos
That was the best hour of TV that I've seen in a long time, and this was the best two minutes of it. Great quote.
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