“How many watched the President's speech last night? [half-hearted audience applause] How many watched American Idol ? [thundering applause] Okay, there you go! You get the government you deserve.” GovernmentLastsNightPresidentHalfAudienceSpeechDeserveOkayIdolsLast NightHeartedApplauseAmerican IdolHalf Hearted Author:Jay Leno
“President Reagan is a rhetorical roundheels, as befits a politician seeking empathy with his audience.” PresidentAudiencePoliticianEmpathySeekingRhetoricalPresident Reagan Author:William Safire
“I was grateful to see President Obama's victory speech. I was over the moon to see the audience. There were about 60 percent white voters the other 40 percent were African Americans, Asian, Spanish speaking etc. I wept at that spectacle, it told me that the pundits that continue in our country to try to polarize us, to keep us apart, are not succeeding. Americans are waking up not only to the truth, but the truth in each other. Hallelujah!” TryingCountryPresidentWhiteAudienceVictoryMoonSucceedSpeechPercentWake UpGratefulOur CountryAfrican AmericanEtcVotersWakingBlack PeoplePresident ObamaAsianHispanicPunditsAsian AmericanHallelujahPolarizing Author:Maya Angelou
“It was the 60th anniversary of 'Face the Nation.' During his interview, President Obama said, 'Our country doesn't fear the future. We grab it.' Nothing says you grab the future like going on a 60-year-old show hosted by a 77-year-old-man to speak to a 90-year-old audience.” MenYearsSaidCountryShowsFacesSpeakNationsPresidentAudienceOur CountryInterviewsOld ManPresident Obama Author:Jimmy Fallon
“In the first week of the showings of the The Matrix Revolutions, The Godfather and The Godfather Part II played on cable television. I started watching, and I was held; I wanted to go through the process again. Can anyone credit that 30 years from now there will be an audience for the three parts of The Matrix, anywhere? Even if Keanu Reeves is our president by then?” IfsYearsFirstsWantedFilmThreeProcessPresidentAudienceWeekTelevisionRevolutionHollywoodCreditCables Author:Edward Jay Epstein