“I can tell you is all nine of the people here [on debates] would make an infinitely better commander in chief than Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.” PeopleI CanClintonDebateNineChiefsBarackCommandersCommander In Chief Author:Ted Cruz
“The people of Ohio are the people of America. The people of America are reflected in Ohio.Our message has to be big, and bold, and positive, and connect, not just with people's heads but also connect with their hearts. If we do it, we will beat Hillary Clinton, and we will run the White House, and we will strengthen and fix America.” PeopleIfsHeartBigsRunningAmericaHouseWhiteMessagesBeatsClintonWhite HouseOhio Author:John Kasich
“I too remember September 11th. I remember immediately putting into place security procedures all throughout our company that did business in 170 countries where we thought corporate interests would be attacked next. To take our country back, to keep our nation safe, we have to begin by beating Hillary Clinton.” CountryWould BeRememberNextNationsInterestCompanySecuritySafeClintonOur CountryCorporateSeptemberProceduresSeptember 11September 11th Author:Carly Fiorina
“We need to unify our party, we need a real Conservative in the White House, and we need to beat Hillary Clinton to take our country back and keep our nation safe.” NeedsRealCountryHouseNationsWhitePartySafeBeatsClintonConservativeOur CountryWhite House Author:Carly Fiorina
“Hillary Clinton has aligned herself with Barack Obama on ISIS, Iran and the economy. It's an alliance doomed to fail. My proven record suggests that - my detailed plans will fortify our national and economic security. And my proven record as governor makes - will give you a sense that I don't make false promises.” GivingEconomyRecordsPlansFailingEconomicSecurityPromiseClintonBarackIranGovernorsDoomedProvenIsisAlliancesEconomic SecurityFalse Promises Author:Jeb Bush
“Putting aside all the things that are said about Hillary [Clinton], my main difference with her is on the vision of what kind of society will make people's lives better. So this is a vision of society in which people are too evil or stupid to run their own lives, but those in power are perfectly capable of running everybody else's lives because they're so much smarter.” PeopleKindSaidRunningEvilDifferencesVisionStupidCapableClintonSmarter Author:Charles Koch
“Watching the news inspires me to keep going and reminds me why I should never complain. I'm inspired by those who don't let others define them: Martin Luther King Jr., James Dean, Vincent Van Gogh, Hillary Clinton, Tennessee Williams, director Steve McQueen. They've all changed the conversation by making their voices heard.” ShouldVoiceHeardChangedInspireKingsDirectorsConversationNewsClintonInspiredComplainingKeep GoingVansLutherDeanTennesseeMcqueen Author:Robert Piper
“I've known Clinton for probably the last year that he was in office and stuff. The vibe that I always got from Clinton was, you-know, he never gave me a president-vibe.” KnowsYearsLastsStuffPresidentKnownOfficeClintonLast Year Author:Wyclef Jean
“I'm looking at the head of the household, and the house hasn't been run properly for a long time, ... Clinton was the first person ever to make a formal apology to black people for slavery, which was very warm and appreciated. But African-Americans haven't healed at all . The wound is still very open. And seeing the differences in how people live, it just puts salt in it- constantly . Seeing the way we're treated within these United States ... it burns you even more every day.” PeopleWayFirstsPersonsLongStillsStatesRunningHouseBlackDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesSeeingHavensLong TimeSlaveryClintonWarmWoundsTreatedAfrican AmericanBlack PeopleSaltApologyHouseholdFormalAppreciatedHealedFirst Person Author:Jill Scott
“Bill Clinton blasted anti-immigration supporters at the National Council of La Raza convention in Los Angeles Saturday. Thousands of Hispanics poured into Los Angeles for the convention. The hot weather in the desert kept the numbers down.” NumbersHotBillsClintonImmigrationWeatherDesertLos AngelesConventionsSaturdaySupporterCouncilHot Weather Author:Argus Hamilton
“Hillary Clinton could say she was a woman and running for president. And Sarah Palin could say she was a woman and running for vice-president. But Obama couldn't say, 'I'm black and I'm running for president.' It couldn't come out of his mouth. He couldn't say that because, if he did, he'd lose votes.” IfsRunningBlackPresidentLosesMouthsVoteClintonVicesVice PresidentPalin Author:Paul Mooney
“President Clinton and President Obama played a round of golf over the weekend. President Clinton asked Obama what his handicap was, and Obama said, 'Joe Biden.'” SaidPresidentGolfClintonRoundsPresident ObamaWeekendHandicapsBidenPresident Clinton Author:Jay Leno
“I guess you heard, Hillary Clinton has a new campaign slogan: "I've fallen and I can't get up!"” I CanHeardClintonCampaignsGet UpFallenSlogans Author:Jay Leno
“Clinton vetoed the repeal of the marriage tax. I guess Bill figures if he's married, then we all have to suffer.” IfsSufferingFiguresTaxesMarriedBillsClinton Author:Jay Leno
“There's a whole lot of America that looks at each other and says, 'Well, there's 340 million people living in America. Isn't there somebody other than a Bush or a Clinton who can be president in these modern times'?” PeopleWellsLooksWholeAmericaPresidentMillionsModernClintonModern Times Author:Jeb Bush
“An Internet rumor claims that John Kerry had an affair with a young woman. When asked if this was similar to the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, a spokesman said 'Close, but no cigar.'” IfsSaidYoungInternetClaimsClintonAffairYoung WomenScandalRumorCigarJohn Kerry Author:Jimmy Fallon
“John Kerry is recovering nicely after having prostate surgery. But the doctors did tell him it would be several months before he could be sexually active again. All the other Democratic candidates have been very supportive. Joe Lieberman called to wish him the best. The Rev. Al Sharpton called to offer prayers. Former President Bill Clinton called Mrs. Kerry and asked if she was lonely.” IfsHas BeensWould BeWishPresidentPrayerMonthsOffersLonelyDoctorsBillsDemocraticClintonActiveFormerCandidatesAlsSurgerySupportiveSexuallyJohn KerryRecoveringProstatePresident Bill Clinton Author:Jay Leno
“These self-anointed intellectuals are people who think that those who believe in God and Jesus Christ, those who 'cling to their guns and their religion,' are a lower form of animal life, while they, themselves, have no problem whatever accepting Obama as a messiah and, in the past, deifying the likes of Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. Let's face it, when you kneel in a church, you're accepting that there is something greater and wiser than yourself in the universe. When, on the other hand, you kneel to a left-wing politician, you're merely emulating Monica Lewinsky.” PeopleThinkingBelieveSelfProblemHandsPastFacesFormUniverseJesusLeftChristChurchAnimalAcceptingGreaterPoliticianGunJesus ChristBillsWingsClintonLikesBelieve In GodWiserNo ProblemJimmyCarterMessiahLeft WingAnimal LifeMonica Author:Burt Prelutsky
““Secretary of State Clinton dared Iran on Monday to let her hold a town-hall meeting in Tehran.” That’s telling ’em. If the ayatollahs had a sense of humor, they’d call her bluff.” IfsStatesTownsMeetingsClintonEmsIranHallsSense Of HumorSecretaryMondayTehranBluffs Author:Mark Steyn
“Hillary Clinton has reportedly accepted Barack Obama's offer to become secretary of state. That's what they're saying in the New York Times. Yeah, according to Bill Clinton, this is the first time in 20 years that Hillary has said 'yes.'” YearsFirstsSaidStatesNew YorkOffersFirst TimeYeahBillsClintonAcceptedBarackSecretaryNew York Times Author:Conan O'Brien
“Congratulations to Bill and Hillary Clinton: this weekend, 33rd wedding anniversary. How about that? And you thought the Iraqi war was a never-ending conflict.” WarConflictBillsClintonWeekendCongratulationsNever EndingWedding Anniversary Author:David Letterman
“As you all know by now, Barack Obama sent out a cell phone text message at 3 a.m. on Saturday morning to tell everyone he picked Joe Biden as his vice president. How do you think this makes Hillary Clinton feel, huh? Finally, she gets a telephone call at 3 a.m., it's to tell her they picked Joe Biden.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsPresidentMorningMessagesClintonPhonesVicesCellsBarackSaturdayTelephonesCell PhoneVice PresidentBidenText MessageSaturday Morning Author:Jay Leno
“Once the fire from the retaliatory strike dies down, the American people are going to find out that it is the Clinton Administration's wrongheaded policies that resulted in the creation of this terrorist haven in Afghanistan in the first place.” PeopleFirstsDiesFireHavensPolicyCreationClintonStrikesTerroristAdministrationAfghanistan Author:Dana Rohrabacher
“Wimbledon attracted Bill Clinton to the gallery at Centre Court Tuesday at the All England Club. NBC cameras showed his head turning back and forth with each volley. Even at a tennis match, it looks like he's denying everything.” LooksEnglandCamerasBillsCourtClintonClubsTennisCentreBack And ForthGalleryTuesdayNbcWimbledonVolley Author:Argus Hamilton
“Fox News reported Thursday that Bill Clinton can't get into any of New York's better golf and country clubs. Not one member has been willing to sponsor him. So it's official, he really is America's first black president.” FirstsHas BeensCountryAmericaBlackPresidentNew YorkWillingMembersNewsBillsGolfClintonClubsOfficialsFoxesFox NewsSponsorsThursdayCountry Clubs Author:Argus Hamilton
“CBS News on Tuesday had Bob Kerrey in a Vietnam scandal, Senator Bob Torricelli in a donor scandal and Arnold Schwarzenegger in a sex scandal. This confirms what we always knew. Bill Clinton does the work of three men.” MenDoeThreeSexNewsBillsClintonVietnamBobSenatorsScandalTuesdayDonorsSchwarzenegger Author:Argus Hamilton
“President Clinton broke ground Saturday for the World War II memorial in Washington. He'll never have the military's full respect. However, after surviving ten female accusers, he's been made an honorary member of the Tailhook Association.” WorldMadeWarPresidentMilitaryTenMembersFemaleClintonBrokeWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiAssociationWorld War ISaturdaySurvivingMemorialEver AfterPresident ClintonAccusersHonorary Author:Argus Hamilton
“Chinese president Jiang Zemin met with former Bill Clinton in Hong Kong Wednesday. What a contrast. One is a ruthless communist who gains popularity by damaging the United States, while the other guy runs China.” StatesRunningGuyPresidentUnitedUnited StatesMetsGainsBillsClintonChinaFormerChineseCommunistContrastPopularityRuthlessOther GuysWednesdayHong Kong Author:Argus Hamilton
“Bill and Hillary will spend Easter with her brothers Hugh and Tony and Roger Clinton. They have a family ritual at all holiday dinners. After they sit down, they hold hands, close their eyes, and get their stories straight.” StoriesHandsEyeBrotherBillsClintonDinnerHolidayRitualEasterRogerHolding Hands Author:Argus Hamilton
“Hillary Clinton ripped FBI Director Louis Freeh on Wednesday. She said she can't understand how FBI documents could vanish and then mysteriously reappear. She has to say that or she'd be thrown out of the Magician's Society.” SaidDirectorsClintonThrownDocumentsMagicianFbiRippedWednesday Author:Argus Hamilton
“Hillary Clinton flew with President Bush to New York City on Tuesday. She was amazed at the changes aboard Air Force One. For eight years she believed that flight attendants couldn't wear clothes because it made the plane too heavy.” YearsMadeForcePresidentCitiesAirNew YorkClothesClintonHeavyEightFlightPlanesNew York CityAmazedPresident BushFlewTuesdayAir ForceFlight AttendantAir Force One Author:Argus Hamilton
“Hillary Clinton began a New York thank-you tour Friday by calling for the abolition of the Electoral College. No wonder Arkansas never liked her. She hasn't been in office three days and already she's an abolitionist.” ThreeWonderNew YorkCollegeCallingOfficeClintonFridayAbolitionArkansasAbolitionistElectoral College Author:Argus Hamilton
“Hillary Clinton will travel to Vietnam with the president this Friday. It's a fact that at the height of the war in 1971, she tried to enlist in the Marines, but they turned her down. Apparently we weren't that mad at the Viet Cong.” WarFactsPresidentMadClintonHeightVietnamFridayMarineViet Cong Author:Argus Hamilton
“If you don't have anything good to say about someone, you must be talking about Hillary Clinton.” IfsTalkingClinton Author:Jeff Foxworthy
“What people have got to remember is that Sept. 11 happened in 2001 and not in 2003. It was planned under the presidency of Bill Clinton.” PeopleRememberHappenedBillsClintonPresidencySept 11 Author:Jack Straw
“I'm not sure, if I were President Clinton, I wouldn't want to be pardoned for something that I believed that I didn't do.” IfsWantPresidentClintonNot SurePresident Clinton Author:John McCain
“If Hillary Clinton had to face me on a debate stage, at the very least, she would have a hitch in her swing.” IfsFacesStageClintonDebateSwings Author:Carly Fiorina
“We need to invade Michigan and rebuild the state from the ground up. We will be greeted as liberators, we have clear supply lines, and we can easily rebuild the auto industry with the kind of money we spend on other countries we invade. Hell, our new Secretary of State, Hillary of Clinton, spent the better part of the past year fighting for the rights of average folks from Michigan, so think of the good will we have with the public. This is very doable. Just tell Congress we will give KBR no-bid contracts to fix Detroit.” ThinkingNeedsGivingYearsKindCountryStatesPastFightingLinesHellClearRightsIndustryClintonCongressAverageFolksContractsOther CountriesSecretaryGood WillDetroitMichiganLiberatorsAuto Industry Author:John Cole
“The Republican brand has been so badly damaged that if Republicans try to run an anti-Obama, anti-Rev. Wright or, if Sen. Clinton wins, anti-Clinton campaign, they are simply going to fail. This model has already been tested with disastrous results.” IfsTryingHas BeensRunningWinningResultsFailingRepublicanModelsClintonCampaignsBrandsTested Author:Newt Gingrich
“The pandering and ignorance-across-party-lines represented by the John McCain-Hillary Clinton united front for a temporary reduction in the gasoline tax should make Americans hold their heads in their hands and moan [...] Please. This is embarrassing. It makes me long for the good old days of debating about flag pins on the lapel.” ShouldLongHandsLinesUnitedPartyFrontsIgnorancePleaseTaxesClintonTemporaryFlagsEmbarrassingPinsReductionOld DaysMccainGasolineGood Old DaysUnited Front Author:James Fallows
“Hillary Clinton has decided to line up with John McCain in pushing to suspend the federal excise tax on gasoline, 18.4 cents a gallon, for this summer's travel season. This is not an energy policy. This is money laundering: we borrow money from China and ship it to Saudi Arabia and take a little cut for ourselves as it goes through our gas tanks. What a way to build our country.” WayLittlesCountryEnergyLinesCuttingPolicyTaxesSummerDecidedSeasonsClintonChinaShipsOur CountryGasPushingCentsTanksArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisMccainGasolineGallonsEnergy PolicyMoney Laundering Author:Thomas Friedman
“What will a Hillary Clinton presidency look like? The answer by now seems obvious: It will look like her presidential campaign, which in turn looks increasingly like the first Clinton presidency. Which is to say, high-minded ideals, lowered execution, half truths, outright lies (and imaginary flights), take-no prisoners politics, some very good policy ideas, a presidential spouse given to wallowing in anger and self-pity, and a succession of aides and surrogates pushed under the bus when things don't go right. Which is to say, often.” FirstsLooksIdeasSelfSeemsLyingTurnsGivenAnswersHalfPolicyIdealsClintonVery GoodObviousCampaignsPityFlightPresidentialPrisonerBusImaginaryExecutionPresidencySpouseSuccessionSelf PityLike HerHalf TruthPresidential CampaignSurrogatesWallowing Author:Carl Bernstein
“Maybe the reality-based fractions of red and blue America are reaching a sort of consensus: Just as Republicans are beginning to get why George Bush makes so many Americans want to rip their hair out, a lot of Democrats have finally, viscerally come to understand Clinton-loathing. Mutual, symmetrical disillusionment; it's a start.” WantRealityAmericaHairRepublicanRedBlueClintonDemocratReachingMutualConsensusRipFractionsLoathingDisillusionmentSymmetricalRed And Blue Author:Kurt Andersen
“Maybe I'm too close to the two Democrats to be against either one. I went to law school with Barack Obama and worked in the Clinton White House, so I have connections and allegiances to both candidates. [...] But I cannot remain silent any longer while my own senator destroys the Democratic Party, and her own reputation, in a desperate and degrading effort to appeal to the lowest common denominator. It's time for Senator Clinton to act like a leader that I know she can be. Hillary Clinton not only needs to defend Barack Obama, she needs to apologize to him.” KnowsNeedsTwoSchoolLawHouseMy OwnWhitePartyCommonEffortLeaderConnectionsDemocraticSilentClintonDemocratReputationBarackAppealsCandidatesDesperateWhite HouseApologizingSenatorsLowestDemocratic PartyAllegianceLaw SchoolDegradingCommon DenominatorLowest Common Denominator Author:Keith Boykin
“My teenage children watched Senator Clinton on the Today Show, mouths agape. They attended our local caucus with me and saw hundreds of our friends and neighbors gathered in the elementary school gym on that Sunday afternoon, despite an ugly Maine snowstorm. They listened to the thoughtful searching debates and saw us cast our votes. How could anyone suggest we didn't know exactly what we were doing? 'What's the point of electing someone who doesn't believe in the American people?' they asked. 'If she wants to ignore us now when she's only a candidate, what will she do as the President?'” PeopleIfsKnowsWantBelieveChildrenShowsTodaySchoolPresidentSawsMouthsVoteClintonCastsUglyNeighborDebateLocalsDespiteCandidatesThoughtfulSundayGymAfternoonSenatorsTeenageElementary SchoolMaineCaucusAgapeSunday AfternoonsSnowstorms Author:Shoshana Zuboff
“After the confetti is swept and the champagne bottles are tossed a more sober reality will take hold. Not just that her net gain of delegates this week will be, at most, in the single digits. But worse. There is no plausible scenario in which Clinton can win the nomination. At least not democratically.” RealityWinningWeekGainsClintonBottlesSoberScenariosChampagneNominationsPlausibleDelegatesConfetti Author:Marc Cooper
“If Clinton somehow pulls out a win in both states, then she has an excellent argument to make to the superdelegates: Voters still respond to fear. Obama's campaign has been based on the implicit argument that voters no longer respond to fear. If Clinton wins both states, that probably proves Obama wrong on that point.” IfsHas BeensStillsStatesWinningProveArgumentClintonCampaignsExcellentVotersImplicit Author:Cynthia Tucker
“How, then, has Obama been saddled with an image of being long on inspiration and short on details? The answer is that journalists are not accustomed to covering a candidate who moves crowds the way Obama does, who uses speech cadences and rhythm like Martin Luther King Jr. without making his talk explicitly about race. Sen. Clinton already owned the policy-wonk slot, so by default, Obama was cast as the poetic one.” WayLongDoeUseInspirationMovingAnswersRacePolicyKingsSpeechClintonCastsDetailsCrowdsRhythmJournalistCandidatesPoeticAccustomedLutherCoveringDefaultCadence Author:Howard Kurtz
“When Hillary's getting knocked around by the folks on the Hill is Bill going to go Larry King to knock her enemies around? Will he be going off to foreign countries on his own little diplomatic missions? I had assumed he'd remain a step in the background as he has through through most of this decade. But that doesn't seem to be the case. If the constitution allowed it, I'd happily have Clinton back. I'd happily have Hillary in his place. But I don't want them both.” IfsWantLittlesCountrySeemsStepsEnemyCasesKingsConstitutionBillsClintonFolksMissionsDecadesBackgroundsHillsLarryDiplomaticForeign Countries Author:Josh Marshall
“I do not begrudge Bill Clinton's working for his wife, but the one thing I would say is really important to President Clinton to think about right now, because of the larger megaphone he has as a former president, he really needs to be careful with the truth.” ThinkingNeedsImportantPresidentWifeOne ThingRight NowBillsClintonCarefulFormerBe CarefulPresident Clinton Author:Claire McCaskill