The Best of Notable Quotables; December 24, 1990

Good Morning Morons Award

"We would like to believe the State of the Union address is a time when the President tells the American people the way it is. But no one really wants to hear that, so the President keeps reality down to a minimum. The President was remarkably upbeat for a man who runs a country with a monstrous national debt, huge balance of trade problems, a crumbling infrastructure, dirty air, countless homeless people, a coast-to-coast drug epidemic, and a faltering self-image."

-- CBS This Morning co-host Harry Smith, February 2.

Runners-Up:

"The bottom line is more tax money is going to be needed. Just how much will be the primary issue on the agenda when Congressional leaders meet with the President later today, Wednesday, May the 9th, 1990. And good morning, welcome to Today. It’s a Wednesday morning, a day when the budget picture, frankly, seems gloomier than ever. It now seems the time has come to pay the fiddler for our costly dance of the Reagan years."

-- Bryant Gumbel opening NBC’s Today, May 9.

Bob Squier, Democratic Strategist: "I think that it was a game of chicken. I think what you had was Gingrich, who is supposed to be part of the leadership, leading people literally out of the deal."
Bryant Gumbel: "Acting irresponsibly."

Gumbel: "....Is this the legacy of Ronald Reagan politics, I mean, feel-good politics of the ‘80s, no-responsibility politics of the ‘80s?"
Roger Ailes, Republican Strategist: "I think that’s a misnomer..."
Gumbel: "But weren’t the ‘80s about spending what we didn’t have? And that was Ronald Reagan."

-- Exchanges on Today, October 5.

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