I got this from an Associated Press story from December 14th, and though I would add my own two cents worth to each.
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.
Not sure if a line from a comedy routine qualifies as a quote, but it’s number one on this list. The editor of the Yale Book of Quotations must be a fan of SNL. Palin actually said you can see Russia from Alaska, which I suppose is techniclly possible.
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.
If not by nature, Sarah is by heart, a blonde.
3. “We have sort of become a nation of whiners.” — former Sen. Phil Gramm, an economic adviser to Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, quoted in The Washington Times, July 10.
No argument from me here.
4. “It’s not based on any particular data point, we just wanted to choose a really large number.” — a Treasury Department spokeswoman explaining how the $700 billion number was chosen for the initial bailout, quoted on Forbes.com Sept. 23.
The Treasury Department may want to consider hiring a new spokesperson.
5. “The fundamentals of America’s economy are strong.” — McCain, in an interview with Bloomberg TV, April 17.
With unemployment rising, depression a fact, and deflation just getting started? McCain is fundamental-less.
6. “Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.” — the Treasury Department’s proposed Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, September 2008.
I trust this line didn’t make it into the Act, the U.S. Constitution being what it is.
7. “Maybe 100.” — McCain, discussing in a town hall meeting in Derry, New Hampshire, how many years U.S. troops could remain in Iraq, Jan. 3.
He must have been dreaming.
8. “I’ll see you at the debates, b——.” — Paris Hilton in a video responding to a McCain television campaign ad, August 2008.
What doyou expect from someone named after a hotel?
9. “Barack, he’s talking down to black people. … I want to cut his … off.” — Rev. Jesse Jackson, overheard over a live microphone before a Fox News interview, July 6.
Jesse, talking up to black people.
10. (tie) “Cash for trash.” — Paul Krugman discussing the financial bailout, New York Times, Sept. 22.
Sounds about right to me.
10. (tie) “There are no atheists in foxholes and there are no libertarians in financial crises.” — Krugman, in an interview with Bill Maher on HBO’s “Real Time,” broadcast Sept. 19.
Wrong on both counts.
10. (tie) “Anyone who says we’re in a recession, or heading into one — especially the worst one since the Great Depression — is making up his own private definition of “`recession.'” — commentator Donald Luskin, the day before Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, The Washington Post, Sept. 14.
The only reason Luskin opens his mouth is to change feet.
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Great list! There were so many good ones this year. Time magazine published it’s “List Issue” this week. I’m going to post on my blog about a few of them. You beat me to the punch.
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.
The breathtaking ignorance of this polotician leaves me …well, breathless.