Posted on 12/30/2008 8:51:56 AM PST by DennisR
The Top 10 quotes of 2008, as compiled by the editor of the Yale Book of Quotations:
1. "I can see Russia from my house!" Comedian Tina Fey, while impersonating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on the TV comedy show "Saturday Night Live," broadcast Sept. 13.
2. "All of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years." Palin, responding to a request by CBS anchor Katie Couric to name the newspapers or magazines she reads, broadcast Oct. 1.
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Obama: "I've now been in...57?...states. I think one left to go."
Obama: "I've got two daughters - nine years old and six years old. I'm gonna teach them, first of all, about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby!"
Biden: "When we kicked along with France, we kicked Hezbollah out of Lebanon, I said and Barack said, 'Move NATO forces in there. Fill the vacuum, because if you dont know if you dont, Hezbollah will control it.'"
“Nitally Lions?”
“Stand up, Chuck! Let ‘em take a look at ya.” US Vice President Joe Biden
That was a good one. Makes me wonder why “The Messiah” carried Pennsylvania.
"When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed. He said, 'look, here's what happened.'" -- Sen. Joe Biden,
The media did a great job covering for Biden’s idiocy, did they not?
“Stand up, Chuck” is truly a memorable quote.
But it only makes the list if Palin said it.
Biden: “It happens to be, as Barack says, a three-letter word: Jobs. J-O-B-S.” [Laughter in the background.’
“The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn’t. But she is a typical white person, who, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn’t know, you know, there’s a reaction that’s been bred in our experiences that don’t go away and that sometimes come out in the wrong way, and that’s just the nature of race in our society.” BO
“It’s not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.” BO
“For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country.” MO
Oh, yes - great quote from our new First Lady!
I think Editor, Yale Book of Quotations could use an inhalator, errr breathalyzer...
Because Philadelphia is a welfare state, and many of those now moving in are from liberal NJ/NY.
Wish they would stay there.
Matthews: “I felt this thrill going up my leg.”
And of course:
"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man." --Joe Biden on Barack Obama
That is definitely quote of the year by the man who defines why some candidates shouldn't go off the printed material.
MO: Its easier to hold on to your own stereotypes and misconceptions, it makes you feel justified in your own ignorance Thats America.
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