“If you want to - if you want to engage in conspiracy theories that the White House and the vice president intended no one to ever know - like "The New York Times" - we would have been kept in the dark forever. I just think that's completely irrational.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantHas BeensHousePresidentDarkWhiteForeverNew YorkTheoryVicesWhite HouseConspiracyIrrationalNew York TimesVice PresidentConspiracy Theory Author:Kate O'Beirne
“That's what torture does: it creates a miasma of unknowing, about as dangerous a situation in wartime as one can imagine. This hideous fate was made possible by an inexperienced president with a fundamentalist psyche and a paranoid and power-hungry vice-president who decided to embrace "the dark side" almost as soon as the second tower fell, and who is still trying to avenge Nixon. Until they are both gone from office, we are in grave danger the kind of danger that only torturers and fantasists and a security strategy based on coerced evidence can conjure up.” TryingKindDoeMadeStillsSidesPresidentDarkSituationGoneFateImagineSecurityDangerousDangerOfficeEvidenceDecidedStrategyEmbraceVicesGravesHungryTortureTowersDark SideHideousParanoidVice PresidentFundamentalistWartimeUnknowingPower Hungry Author:Andrew Sullivan
“Will Herman Cain become the first black President that I acknowledge? I call him a dark horse because he's an unlikely candidate who surged forward, and not because he's a horse.” FirstsBlackPresidentDarkHorseAcknowledgeCandidatesUnlikelyCainDark Horse Author:Stephen Colbert
“On a good day, I view the job [of president] as directing an orchestra. On the dark days, it is more like that of a clutch -- engaging the engine to effect forward motion, while taking greater friction.” WarLightJobsTimeEvilPresidentDarkViewsDarknessGreaterEffectsMilitaryExcellenceEnginesEngagingOrchestraGood DayMonarchyFrictionClutchDark DaysForward Motion Author:A. Bartlett Giamatti