“Bill Clinton was not a symbol. People did not invest in him their idea of what America should be or, worse, their pride in what they thought America had become. There was no great moral self-congratulation in having elected a president from Arkansas.” PeopleShouldIdeasSelfAmericaPresidentMoralPrideBillsClintonSymbolsCongratulationsArkansas Author:Charlie Pierce
“We, The People is more than a statement of purpose. It is an acknowledgement of an obligation to each other.” PeoplePurposeStatementsObligationAcknowledgement Author:Charlie Pierce
“One of the great changes wrought by the increased public awareness of Alzheimers - and thank you, Nancy Reagan, you wonderful tough old dame, you - is that people in the early stages of the disease are now speaking out while they still have the capacity to do so.” PeopleStillsWonderfulStageAwarenessDiseaseToughCapacityNancyAlzheimerSpeaking OutDamesGreat Change Author:Charlie Pierce
“According to the people who dearly would love to throw him out of office, Barack Obama was elected to be 'above politics.' He wasn't elected to be president, after all. He was elected as an avatar of American tolerance. His attempts to get himself reelected imply a certain, well, ingratitude.” PeopleWellsCertainPresidentOfficeToleranceBarackIngratitude Author:Charlie Pierce
“You know, what genuinely makes me uneasy with the way things are going are not - is not really that Trump is going to do everything he said he was going to do, it`s that he has no idea of his job as president. Plus, the people who have been up close and realized that he has no idea how to do this job are leaking like sieves.” PeoplePresidentUneasy Author:Charlie Pierce
