Monday, November 19, 2007

From last week's Economist

The campaign trail

Primary colour

Nov 8th 2007

“It's Saturday night, if you have better places to go, thank you for being here and have a good night.”

Hillary Clinton plainly didn't expect her audience to hang around in Indianola last weekend, Washingtonpost.com, November 6th


“I only got three [dollars] in my pocket.”

Multimillionaire Mitt Romney has to borrow from an aide to buy a cup of coffee, Associated Press, November 2nd


“For the first time in a long time, the name George Bush will not appear on the ballot. The name Dick Cheney, my cousin, will not appear on the ballot. We had been trying to hide that cousin thing for a long time. Everybody's got a black sheep in the family. A crazy uncle in the attic.”

Barack Obama on his distant relative, the vice-president, CNN, November 5th


“I think people are afraid now not to support us. I'm going to send him to their house, and he'll knock on the door.”

Mike Huckabee on his endorsement by action star Chuck Norris, US News & World Report, November 2nd


“That bird [Marine One] could be yours.”

President Bush points out the perks of the presidency to the billionaire independent non-candidate and mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, Newsweek,November 12th





“What they have done is, they have totally dismissed the fact that this guy's influence is going to lead people to hell.”

Televangelist Bill Keller on Christian conservative leaders who endorse Mitt Romney, a Mormon, Salon, November 6th


“I took a city that was known for pornography and licked it to a large extent.”

Rudy Giuliani on how he saved New York, Associated Press, October 24th


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