Who wrote this quote- Republicans are people who if you were drowning 50 feet from shore would throw you a 25 foot rope and tell you to swim the other 25 feet because it would be good for your charact?

No, republicans are the people that would throw you 60 feet of rope, and not allow the government to throw you any rope. They believe in individual action, not government action. New tea party republicans have always made it a point to bring back the government, but a recent GALLUP poll showed that republicans gave more to charity than democrats. Politics is not divided between rich and poor, but rather to contrary political beliefs, they will forever be debated.