Jennifer Granholm Quotes

Whether it’s their Sharia law and birther conspiracies or their unwillingness to buck Grover Norquist’s no-tax pledge, the Tea Partiers have hijacked their party and carried it all the way to the right.

When someone lives as a minority, they experience the world differently than those of us who live in the majority. We may occupy the same physical space, but we don’t occupy the same psychic space.

We need to be celebrating those who serve us rather than mocking them for the purpose of getting on TV and selling some books.

Today in America we are no more ‘post-racial’ than we are ‘post-partisan.’ We have a long way to go.

Those who purify your water, inspect your meat, and test your kids’ toys, as well as a huge number of nurses, teachers, and our soldiers, are public employees. The firefighters who don’t hesitate to rush toward danger while you run away from it – they are all public employees.

Those who devote their lives to serving our country, children, and neighborhoods are giving back. They have answered the call to serve.