Notable Quotables - 04/18/1988
Campaign '88
"Jackson has said
repeatedly that it is necessary to correct eight years of 'reverse Robin
Hood,' during which Reaganomics 'has made the rich richer and the poor
poorer.' On that claim, Jackson is well grounded in statistics."
- Washington Post reporter Paul Taylor reviewing Jesse Jackson's
"bold" economic program, April 4.
"Wealthy Paid
Bigger Share of '86 Taxes"
- two days later, same paper, page D3.
"I know that it
would be very easy to do and say things now vis a vis Jesse that could easily
be interpreted as racism....It's absolutely clear to me that if Jesse were a
white man, he'd probably be getting kicked around rather royally by the
press."
- anonymous TV network correspondent, quoted by The Washington Post,
April 5.
"Jackson is
speaking to blue-collar voters who voted for Wallace, who voted for Reagan.
Jackson is right on South Africa, Jackson is right on Central America. Jackson
would shift policy toward the Middle East, but I think the other candidates
would also. I don't think he's that far off to the left."
- Newsweek correspondent Eleanor Clift appearing on the McLaughlin
Group, weekend of April 9.
" U.S. communist
hails Jackson role"
- The Washington Times, April 11.
"New Yorkers
Welcome Jackson Like a Celebrity"
- New York Times, same day.
Civil Rights
"Dr. Joseph Lowery
of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference ended the day on a high note
by imploring his followers not to let the current administration in Washington
nullify all that King stood for."
- CNN's Larry Woods reporting on Memphis march marking the 20th anniversary
of Martin Luther King's assassination, April 4 PrimeNews.
Economy
"Analysts called
today's report a sign that the nation will avoid a recession. This year."
- Dan Rather on news the Leading Economic Indicators jumped 0.9 percent,
March 29.
"The nation's
unemployment rate fell a tenth of one percent in March to 5.6 percent. That's
the lowest it's been since May of 1979. But this low unemployment rate is not
entirely good news. Fewer people are looking for work."
- Connie Chung on the April 1 NBC Nightly News.
Presidential Performance
"If I had to pick
the best Presidents in my lifetime, I would of course pick Roosevelt and
Kennedy, and I would also pick Harry Truman."
- David Brinkley in The Washington Post Magazine, April 10.
Afghanistan
"No one is
confident the Soviets will sign onto the latest U.S. proposal even though it
seems to be the only way out. The irony is that after eight years of demanding
that the Soviets simply leave Afghanistan, a simple yes answer hasn't been
enough."
- CBS News State Department reporter Wyatt Andrews, March 31.
"This is one of
those times when I wish I could just sit with you for an hour or two. I'm sure
there are an awful lot of Vietnam veterans and families of Vietnam veterans
who would like to hear also from you, because it does give us the sense that
in many ways we are more alike than different."
- ABC Nightline anchor Ted Koppel to Artyom Borovik, foreign editor
of Soviet magazine Ogonyok, April 14.
White House Press
"In the wake of
Watergate and Vietnam, press conferences have deteriorated into a game of 'How
can I trip him up?' and 'I gotcha.' Instead of asking legitimate questions on
matters of importance, most of the reporters who attend press conferences are
there only to trap the President. They are trying to make news, not report it.
The incredibly arrogant television networks even go one step further-when
they show excerpts from the news conference afterwards, they generally try to
use only the questions that come from their own correspondents and ignore the
rest. It's a case of 'It wasn't important unless we asked it.'"
- Larry Speakes in his new book Speaking Out.
If the publishers of Speaking
Out decide to hold a book party for Larry Speakes next month, they may be
able to have it in a telephone booth."
- Washington Times White House reporter Jeremiah O'Leary, reviewing
the "kiss and tell" book, April 14.
Tax Reform
"Critics of the tax
reform bill always claimed it would help the rich. And it certainly benefitted
the California millionaire named Ronald Reagan. Tax returns made public today
show the First Couple paid less tax on more income."
- CBS News reporter Terrence Smith, April 8.
- L. Brent
Bozell III; Publisher
- Brent H. Baker, Tim Graham; Editors
- Jim Heiser, Richard Marois, Patrick Swan, Dorothy Warner; Media Analysts
- Cynthia Bulman; Administrative Assistant
