The Best of Notable Quotables; December 19, 1994
Table of Contents:
- The Best of Notable Quotables; December 19, 1994
- Sore Losers Award
- Honey, I shrunk the Democratic Party
- Oliver Stone
- I Still Hate Reagan
- Apolitical Observers
- Media Hero
- Flatliner Award
- Rodney Dangerfield
- Politics of Meaninglessness
- Clinton Enemies
- You're No Anita Hill
- No Money Down
- Good Morning Morons
- Damn Conservatives
- Iron Curtain Award
- Which Way Is It?
- Dumbest Quote of the Year
- 1994 Award Judges
Sore Losers Award (for Midterm Election Reporting)
“Some
thoughts on those angry voters. Ask parents of any two-year-old and
they can tell you about those temper tantrums: the stomping feet, the
rolling eyes, the screaming. It’s clear that the anger controls the
child and not the other way around. It’s the job of the parent to teach
the child to control the anger and channel it in a positive way. Imagine
a nation full of uncontrolled two-year-old rage. The voters had a
temper tantrum last week....Parenting and governing don’t have to be
dirty words: the nation can’t be run by an angry two-year-old.”
– ABC World News Tonight anchor Peter Jennings in his daily ABC Radio commentary, November 14.
Runners-up:
“They are not voting
Republican tonight, Mary. They are voting against a lot of unhappiness
in their own lives....I think that it’s very easy for the Republicans to
make the same mistake that the Democrats made in thinking that somehow
we’ve been given this great mandate....They have got to be practical.
They have got to compromise. They have got to meet the real needs of
people. This is not an anti-government vote tonight.”
– U.S. News &
World Report Senior Writer Steven Roberts on CNBC’s Equal Time, election
night.
“What this Contract [with America] says is you can have
hot fudge sundae for every meal and still lose weight. It’s a fraud and
there’s a whole lot of Republicans who already are starting to forget
where they were September 27.”
– Wall Street Journal Executive
Washington Editor Al Hunt on CNN’s Capital Gang, Oct. 1
“This is a
rotten time to be black. Blacks are just going to take it in the
chops....Their programs are going to get eviscerated and affirmative
action is going to go right down the tubes...Politics have moved right
because a lot of middle-class people thought they were taking my money
and giving it to poor black people, and they didn’t like it and they
want their money back.”
– Newsweek Washington Bureau Chief Evan Thomas
on Inside Washington, November 12.
“The Republicans have resorted
to demagoguery and transparent bribes (like lower taxes). The
legislature they promise seems a blustery, selfish, self-righteous
desert.”
– Newsweek Senior Editor Joe Klein, October 31 news story.
