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
The I Am Woman Award (for Hillary Rodham Hero Worshipping)
"As
the icon of American womanhood, she is the medium through which the
remaining anxieties over feminism are being played out....Perhaps in
addition to the other items on her agenda, Hillary Rodham Clinton will
define for women that magical spot where the important work of the world
and love and children and an inner life all come together. Like Ginger
Rogers, she will do everything her partner does, only backward and in
high heels, and with what was missing in [Lee] Atwater – a lot of
heart.”
– Time White House correspondent Margaret Carlson, May 10.
Runners-up:
“I
saw a Hillary Clinton that I’d never seen before. She was funny,
charming, sexy – yes, gang, sexy. We are both Scorpios, which tells you a
lot. She’s informal – called me ‘Larry’ and told me to call her by her
first name...Meanwhile, she’s earned the respect of everyone (except
the wackos) with her handling of the health care issue. Indeed, she has
gotten everyone (except the wackos) to agree that we need health care
for everyone. This is a very formidable idea, ladies and gentlemen.”
–
CNN/Mutual Broadcasting talk show host Larry King on his October 2
interview with the First Lady. October 4 USA Today column.
“She’s
ecumenical but prefers Italian and Mexican. The President fixes her
eggs with jalapeño peppers on the weekends. One Christmas she served
black beans and chili as part of a buffet. She carries Tabasco sauce
wherever she goes....Valentine’s Day at the Red Sage restaurant. Even at
a romantic outing, the President can be the date from hell, talking to
everyone but the girl he brung....Finally alone, they have ‘painted
soup’ and the lamb baked in herbed bread. They exchange gifts and touch
each other more in two hours than the Bushes did in four years.”
–
Time reporter Margaret Carlson in the June Vanity Fair.
“In the
midst of redesigning America’s health care system and replacing Madonna
as our leading cult figure, the new First Lady has already begun
working on her next project, far more metaphysical and uplifting... She
is both impersonal and poignant, with much more depth, intellect and
spirituality than we are used to in a politician...She has goals, but
they appear to be so huge and far off – grand and noble things twinkling
in the distance – that it’s hard to see what she sees.”
– Washington
Post’s Martha Sherrill, May 4.
“You’ve been working hard already
to introduce this plan to people, sell this plan to people. Are you
having any fun with this or is it all just hard work? It looks to be
very hard work.”
“I hear you talking, and as I have before on this
subject, I don’t know of anybody, friend or foe, who isn’t impressed by
your grasp of the details of this plan. I’m not surprised because you
have been working on it so long and listened to so many people...”
– Dan Rather to Hillary Clinton, after Sept. 22 health speech.
