
“I think my problem is that I do have the fire in my belly. I am so adamantly supportive of the good, traditional things about America and our free enterprise system, and I want to make sure that America is put back on the right track, and we only do that by defeating Obama in 2012. I have that fire in my belly.
It’s a matter for me of some kind of practical, pragmatic decisions that have to be made. One is, with a large family, understanding the huge amount of scrutiny and the sacrifices that have to be made on my children’s part in order to see their mama run for president. But yeah, the fire in the belly? It’s there.”
Sarah Palin
more infosource: On the Record w/Greta Van Susteren, Fox News, May 19, 2011.
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category: politics, presidential race, White House
medium: Interview
“Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Before I begin, I’ve been asked to make an announcement. Whoever parked 14 black bulletproof SUVs out front, could you please move them? They are blocking in 14 other black bulletproof SUVs, and they need to get out.”
Stephen Colbert
more infosource: White House Correspondents’ Dinner, 2006
category: block, bulletproof, politics, SUV, White House
medium: roast
“I’m sorry, I’ve never been a fan of books. I don’t trust them. They’re all fact, no heart. I mean, they’re elitist, telling us what is or isn’t true or what did or didn’t happen. Who’s Britannica to tell me the Panama Canal was built in 1914? If I want to say it was built in 1941, that’s my right as an American! I’m with the President. Let history decide what did or did not happen.”
Stephen Colbert
more infosource: White House Correspondents’ Dinner, 2006
category: book, fact, heart, history, politics, trust, White House
medium: roast
“That’s where the truth lies, right down here in the gut. Do you know you have more nerve endings in your gut than you have in your head? You can look it up. Now, I know some of you are going to say, ‘I did look it up, and that’s not true.’ That’s ’cause you looked it up in a book. Next time, look it up in your gut. I did. My gut tells me that’s how our nervous system works.”
Stephen Colbert
more infosource: White House Correspondents’ Dinner, 2006
category: book, comedy, gut, humor, nervous system, politics, satire, truth, White House
medium: roast
“President Obama is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to public speaking, no question, but you can quote me when I say this: Michelle Obama is better. She makes you feel like you’ve met with her for a cup of coffee, and she’s talking to you like you’ve known each other for years…”
Heather Armstrong
more infosource: blog posting, www.dooce.com, April 8, 2010.
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