The Best of Notable Quotables; December 20, 1993
Table of Contents:
- The Best of Notable Quotables; December 20, 1993
- I am Woman
- Courage to Change
- Greed is GoodAward
- Damn Conservatives
- Good Morning Morons
- I Still Hate Reagan
- What's the Frequency Award
- White Men Can Go Jump
- Henry Luce Would Roll Over
- Media Hero
- Enhanced Contribution and Investment
- Bernie Sanders Socialist
- Silliest Analysis Award
- Dr. Kevorkian Award
- Which Way is It?
- Dumbest Quote of the Year
- 1993 Award Judges
Award for the Silliest Analysis
“Add
to this visual pop lexicon the newest hip eye-opener: cross-dressing.
As if to punctuate the end of the socially stagnant Reagan era, a parade
of drag images is now crossing screens big and small, mostly men
bedecked in wigs, lipstick, and scarfs to hide their protruding Adam’s
apples....Along with symbolizing self-empowerment, cross-dressers also
can remind us that sex roles and costumes are fictional. Men wear pants
because American society tells them to.”
– Boston Globe writer Matthew Gilbert, March 21 “Focus” section story.
Runners-up:
“Many
GIs recognized homosexual leanings for the first time in the all-male
surroundings.... There is, in fact, an undercurrent of homoerotic
tension in the shared latrines, shower rooms, and sleeping quarters of
barracks life....The military exalts masculinity in ways that are
frankly or implicitly sexual. A form-fitting dress uniform can make a
leatherneck look like a peacock.”
– Newsweek Senior Writer David
Gelman, July 26.
“For infant mortality, America couldn’t do much
worse. Excluding white newborns, America ranks 70th in the world,
roughly the same as Mongolia.”
– CBS health reporter Dr. Bob Arnot,
April 13 Evening News.
“All I can tell you is that the football
coach at the University of Wisconsin didn’t want her to leave – I don’t
think she’s any lefty.”
– Wall Street Journal Washington Bureau Chief
Al Hunt defending HHS nominee Donna Shalala on CNN’s Capital Gang,
December 12.
