“You know, we had the elections earlier in the week, and a dead woman, in Pennsylvania, somehow was on the ballot and she was elected to city council. A dead woman actually elected! And I'm thinking, well, I guess there is still hope for Al Gore.” ThinkingKnowsWellsStillsPoliticsCitiesWeekElectionAlsCouncilGoreBallotsPennsylvaniaCity Council Author:David Letterman
“Politics pretty quiet over the week-end. Democrats are attacking and the Republicans are defending. All the Democrats have to do is promise "what they would do if they got in." But the Republicans have to promise "what they would do" and then explain why they haven't already "done it".” IfsEndsDonePoliticsWeekHavensPromiseRepublicanQuietDemocratAttackingWeek End Author:Will Rogers
“And, as a consequence of the pressure that we've applied over the last couple of weeks, we have Syria -- for the first time -- acknowledging that it has chemical weapons, agreeing to join the convention that prohibits the use of chemical weapons, and the Russians -- their primary sponsors -- saying that they will push Syria to get all of their chemical weapons out. The distance that we've traveled over these couple of weeks is remarkable.” FirstsUseLastsPoliticsJusticeViolenceWeekPolicyCoupleWeaponsConsequenceFirst TimePressureStrategyDistanceUnityHuman RightsTerrorismIdeologyPrimariesRemarkableChemicalsConventionsForeign PolicySyriaTraveledDiplomacyCivilitySponsorsChemical Weapons Author:Barack Obama
“The country's 24 hour political pundit perpetual panic conflictinator did not cause our problems but its existence makes solving them that much harder. The press can hold its magnifying up to our problems bringing them into focus, illuminating issues heretofore unseen or they can use that magnifying glass to light ants on fire and then perhaps host a week of shows on the sudden, unexpected dangerous flaming ant epidemic. If we amplify everything we hear nothing.” IfsCountryUseShowsProblemLightPoliticalPoliticsCausesHoursExistenceIssuesFireFocusWeekDangerousHarderPressesGlassesUnexpectedHostPanicPerpetualUnseenAntsEpidemicsIlluminatingPunditsAmplifyMagnifyingMagnifying Glass Author:Jon Stewart