The Best of Notable Quotables; December 25, 1989
Table of Contents:
- The Best of Notable Quotables; December 25, 1989
- Silliest Analysis
- Good News Is Bad News
- The Economy
- Blame America First
- Media Hero
- Foreign Affairs
- Joe Isuzu
- Damn Conservatives
- American Politics
- Most Honest Confession
- Real Ronald Reagan
- Real Jimmy Carter
- No Agenda Here
- Walter Mondale Award
- Most Insane Comparison
- Quote of the Year
Damn Those Conservatives Award
"I’ve
known Barney Frank since was in college. He’s a man of surpassing
integrity that I’ve never known to be questioned. I think he’s a master
politician, which people forget. He’s also a magnificent Congressman,
and above all, there is nothing in this episode that counters any of
those other images, and I would expect him to survive this smear in good
standing."
-- Boston Globe Washington Bureau reporter and columnist Tom
Oliphant on Inside Washington, August 26.
Runners-Up:
"And
if his moving speech today does not restore those decencies he so
wistfully remembered today, then perhaps history will remember that at
least he tried."
-- Reporter Jim Wooten on Jim Wright’s resignation
announcement, ABC’s World News Tonight, May 31.
"You two fill the
voids left by those who were casualties of an ethics war Republicans
started."
-- NBC Today show co-host Bryant Gumbel to Rep. Richard
Gephardt and Rep. William Gray, June 15.
"Politics didn’t just
turn ugly. It evolved from a nasty presidential campaign that featured
the GOP’s famous Willie Horton ad."
-- Reporter Eric Engberg on the CBS Evening News, May 29.
