The Best of Notable Quotables; December 18, 1995
Table of Contents:
- The Best of Notable Quotables; December 18, 1995
- Until Every Child Is Dead
- Damn Conservatives
- Republicans Make Us Sick
- Afraid of the Competition
- Purveyors of Hate and Division
- Mathematical Disabilities
- Embodiment of All Evil
- Good Morning Morons
- I Still Hate Reagan
- Media Hero
- Not Guilty of Bias
- Mean-Spirited Republican
- It's OK for Us to Hate Them
- Eleanor Clift Award
- Politics of Meaninglessness
- Which Way Is It?
- Dumbest Quote of the Year
- 1995 Award Judges
Good Morning Morons Award
“Janet
Reno has asked for an independent counsel to investigate charges
against HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros. Commerce Secretary Ron Brown is
being investigated. Questions have been raised about Transportation
Secretary Federico Pena. Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy resigned under
pressure, as did Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders. The Clinton White
House seems to be having a hard time retaining high-profile minorities
particularly. Do you think, Senator, they are being held to a higher
standard in Washington than their white predecessors?”
– Bryant Gumbel to Sen. Ted Kennedy, March 15 Today.
Runners-up:
“He has hope of staying out [of a gang] as long as he has a basketball in his hands....Without the basketball this kid is running drugs, carrying a gun and soon to kill somebody. And that’s true in place after place. Now we get to decide: Do you want a basketball in his hands, to continue trying to convince him to stay out of a gang, or do you want to face him in a dark street some night with a nine-millimeter Glock in his hands?”
– Dan Rather on the January 26 CBS This Morning promoting the prime
time special on youth violence In the Killing Fields of America.
“President
Clinton will be attending more ceremonies in Hawaii marking V-J Day,
Victory over Japan. Saturday, Mr. Clinton went to a ceremony on a hill
high above Honolulu. He praised those who served in the military 50
years ago, saying they saved the world. After today’s ceremonies marking
the end of World War II, President Clinton will head back to the United
States.”
– NBC anchor Giselle Fernandez, September 3 Today. Hawaii became a state in 1959.
“Two weeks after his acquittal, we’ll see how
O.J. Simpson is still being treated as if he were guilty.”
– Bryant
Gumbel, October 16 Today.
