The unique perspective and provocative opinions of Joe O’Neill
Quoteworthy
“We, the people, are the boss, and we will get the kind of political leadership, be it good or bad, that we demand and deserve.”–Sen. John F. Kennedy.
“Trump’s radioactive conspiracy theory of a stolen election will have a long, poisonous half-life. But Trump is removing any doubt that his narcissistic presidency was always entirely about him.”–Jonah Goldberg,The Dispatch.
“For Trump the failed businessman, cheating and suing were a way of life. For Trump the failed president, cheating and suing are a blueprint for his followers into the future.”–Timothy Egan, New York Times.
“A concession from the losing candidate has no legal significance one way or the other.”–Richard Pildes, NYU professor of constitutional law.
“Strong claims need strong proof, not rumors and innuendo on Twitter.”–The Wall StreetJournal.
“The lack of a concession speech does not mean that Trump has won the election; it simply indicates that he is a poor sport.”–Middle Tennessee State political science professor John Vile.
“We had an election. We have a new president. We should have unity to that.”–JPMorgan Chase’s chief executive Jamie Dimon.
“(Trump) is set on going out like a villain.”–Peggy Noonan, WSJ.
“It’s a toxic sideshow. … They are creating the conditions for elections not to work in the future.”–Loyola law professor Justin Levitt.
“The gold standard for the outgoing administration facilitating the transition.”–How James P. Pfiffner, an emeritus professor of policy and government at George Mason University, described the 2008 transition between George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
“The gap between rural and urban-suburban America on everything from life span to education to wealth continues to widen.”—Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post.
“You can’t say that marriage is the union between one man and one woman. Until very recently, that’s what the vast majority of Americans thought. Now it’s considered bigotry.”—SCOTUS Justice Samuel Alito, the keynote speaker at the Federalist Society’s annual convention.
“We need to recognize that the economy has only done as well as it has because we had such aggressive fiscal stimulus early on.”—Harvard economist Karen Dynan, a former Treasury Department official in the Obama administration.
“There are a lot of people hurting in this economy. The financial sector is not among them.”–Anat R. Admati, professor of finance and economics at Stanford University.
“The Biden-Harris administration has the potential to enable a renaissance in public education.”–Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.
“The lesson of COVID capitalism is that big business needs big government, and vice versa.”–Neil Irwin,New York Times.
“The only thing that will cause, I think, political decisions in certain states to move toward at least partial lockdowns and mask mandates is the hospitals begin to get so full that they can no longer take in new patients.”—Dr. Jay Wolfson, senior associate dean of the USF Morsani College of Medicine.
“Boating proved to be a great way to escape the stresses of everyday life and strengthen the bonds of family and friends while avoid crowds.”–MarineMax CEO Brett McGill. MarineMax saw April-September revenues of $897 million, up from $691 million in 2019.
“The diversification that he has been able to put into place in the port so that we don’t have reliance on any one industry has been remarkable, and has allowed us to basically weather this pandemic storm.”—Mayor Jane Castor, referring to Port Tampa Bay CEO Paul Anderson.
“The Congress has passed several economic emergency aid packages this year and another is on the way that will hopefully provide robust resources for the state of Florida, colleges and universities to avoid draconian cuts such as your decision to scale back the USF College of Education.”–U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, in a letter to USF President Steve Currall and USF’s board of trustees.