reality-based

On October 17, 2004, the New York Times published a controversial article by Ron Suskind in which he quoted an aide to President George W. Bush later identified as Karl Rove as follows: The aide said that guys like me were 'in what we call the reality-based community,' which he defined as people who 'believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.'

George Heymont: Living in Parallel Universes George Heymont 2011

Tom Corbett on Tuesday proposed what he described as a "reality-based budget" that cuts spending 3% to close a projected $4 billion deficit for the fiscal year beginning July 1.

Pennsylvania Budget Cuts Hit Education James R. Hagerty 2011

The White House, he said, didn’t waste time worrying about those “in what we call the reality-based community” who “believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.”

The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011

The White House, he said, didn’t waste time worrying about those “in what we call the reality-based community” who “believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.”

The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011

The White House, he said, didn’t waste time worrying about those “in what we call the reality-based community” who “believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.”

The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011

Back in 2002, journalist Ron Suskind had a meeting with a "senior advisor" to George W. Bush and what that advisor told him seems appropriate for any such gravestone or future memorial to American defeat: "The aide said that guys like me were 'in what we call the reality-based community,' which he defined as people who 'believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality...

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Tom Engelhardt 2011

On health care, Broun was equally reality-based which is to say: not at all, saying thing like this: "If ObamaCare passes, that free insurance card that's in people's pockets is gonna be as worthless as a Confederate dollar after the War Between The States -- the Great War of Yankee Aggression." this:

Crooks and Liars David Neiwert 2011

In 2004, a Bush Administration official famously made a dismissive comment about the "reality-based community" to reporter Ron Suskind.

Spencer Critchley: No Mistake: Why Michele Bachmann Is Trying to Rewrite History Spencer Critchley 2011

In 2004, a Bush Administration official famously made a dismissive comment about the "reality-based community" to reporter Ron Suskind.

Spencer Critchley: No Mistake: Why Michele Bachmann Is Trying to Rewrite History Spencer Critchley 2011

In 2004, a Bush Administration official famously made a dismissive comment about the "reality-based community" to reporter Ron Suskind.

Spencer Critchley: No Mistake: Why Michele Bachmann Is Trying to Rewrite History Spencer Critchley 2011