First they gerrymander us
First they gerrymander us into one-party fiefs. Then they tell us they only care about the swing districts. Then they complain about voter apathy. Gail Collins
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First they gerrymander us into one-party fiefs. Then they tell us they only care about the swing districts. Then they complain about voter apathy. Gail Collins
Baseball may be our national pastime, but the age-old tradition of taking a swing at Congress is a sport with even deeper historical roots in the American experience. Since the founding of our country, citizens from Ben Franklin to David Letterman have made fun of their elected officials. Evan Bayh
I swing both ways. I can see things from a kind of conservative point of view and from a more socially liberal or left-wing point of view. Evan Davis
I’m on the ground, I’ve been in swing states, I’ve been talking to the American people, I’ve been out there speaking on behalf of Obama’s record, I’ve been in the trenches. Eva Longoria
He’s been a top player for the last 10 years, and we all work on our swings, we all change things. We keep working and then we’re trying to get better, and sometimes you get worse trying to get better. You’ve just got to give it some time, be patient for it to turn around, … Read more
Love is the sole impulse for creation; and the man who does not have it as the greatest incentive in his life has never developed the real creative instinct. No one can swing out into the Universal without love, for the whole universe is based upon it. Ernest Holmes
Explain to me how he [her son] can ride a bicycle, run, play ball, set up a camp, swing, fight a war, swim and race for eight hours … and has to be driven to the garbage can. Erma Bombeck
You can’t plan in advance for everything – every mood swing, every mistake you might make in execution, every shift in your circumstances. But you can keep updating your plan. Eric Maisel
People always ask me how I can hit the ball so far, and I say, ‘I just swing.’ It’s the coaches who first told me I had good bat speed. I was just swinging, and I guess it was fast. I’m pretty fast at everything. Eric Davis
One day I think it’s the greatest idea ever that I’m working on. The next day I think it’s the worst that I’ve ever worked on – and I swing between that a lot. Some days I’m very happy with what I’m doing, and the next day I am desperate – it’s not working out! … Read more