The Best of Notable Quotables; December 23, 1991
Table of Contents:
- The Best of Notable Quotables; December 23, 1991
- Gomer Pyle Award
- Peter Arnett Award
- Iron Curtain Award
- Gulf War
- Media Hero Award
- Willie Horton Award
- Damn Conservatives
- Armand Hammer Award
- Real Reagan Legacy
- Long Dong Silver Award
- Thurgood Marshall Award
- Borking Award
- Wilson-Weicker Award
- Which Way Is It?
- Silliest Analysis
- Quote of the Year
- 1991 Award Judges
Damn Those Conservatives Award
“You big
[expletive]....You are so full of [expletive]. You are an evil man....I
don’t have to listen to this [expletive]. You’re a bitter and evil man
and all your colleagues hate you.”
– NPR’s Nina Totenberg to Senator Alan Simpson after Nightline, as Simpson told The Washington Post, October 9.
Runners-up:
“Twelve million American children who
do not have enough to eat, who lack adequate health care, and who are
behind in schools and being left behind in life. Much of our broadcast
will be dedicated to that. Which makes the major news in Washington
today seem even more of a contrast. The President’s Chief of Staff, John
Sununu, is at the center of attention again having to do with his use
of limousines and corporate jets.”
– ABC’s Peter Jennings opening the
June 18 World News Tonight.
Hays Gorey, Senior Correspondent:
“Well, (Republican Sen. John) McCain has got this ad hoc group of
superpatriots that he’s organizing.”
Jerome Cramer, NASA &
Technology Correspondent: “They wear brown shirts and march around.
Small potatoes.”
– Exchange from February 8 Time Washington bureau meeting aired on C-SPAN.
