“Donald Trump is attacking President Obama's background. And I said, 'Wait a minute, Trump also is from a mixed background. He's half jack and half ass.'” SaidWaitingPresidentHalfMinutesTrumpBackgroundsAssPresident ObamaAttacking Author:David Letterman
“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
“The Wisconsin senator gets up and says out loud what half of the country is thinking and talks about every day. This President broke the law and lied about it; he trashed the Constitution and hides himself in the flag.” ThinkingCountryLawPresidentHalfConstitutionGet UpBrokeLoudFlagsSenatorsLiedWisconsin Author:Russ Feingold
“I think to close half of Magic Kingdom for the purpose of a White House invitation town hall meeting on a phony main street on behalf of a phony president just strikes me as weird.” ThinkingPurposeHousePresidentWhiteHalfMagicStreetsTownsMeetingsStrikesKingdomsHallsWhite HouseBehalfInvitationsPhonyMain StreetMagic Kingdom Author:Newt Gingrich
“The Secret Service said there have been 40 fence-jumping incidents at the White House in the past five years. Half of them were intruders trying to get in. The other half was President Obama trying to get out.” TryingYearsHas BeensSaidPastHousePresidentWhiteSecretHalfFiveFive YearsWhite HousePresident ObamaFenceJumpingIncidentsOther HalfSecret ServiceIntruders Author:Conan O'Brien
“President Obama recently said that his day is all about politics, so in the mornings he likes to watch ESPN. So if you get the feeling he's repeating himself every half hour, that's where he learned it from.” IfsSaidFeelingsPresidentHoursHalfWatchesMorningLikesPresident ObamaHalf HoursEspn Author:Jimmy Fallon
“About one-half of the members of Congress are seekers for office at the nomination of the President. Of the remainder, at least one-half have some appointment or favor to ask for their relatives.” AsksPresidentHalfMembersOfficeCongressFavorsSeekersAppointmentsNominationsOne Half Author:John Quincy Adams
“When other presidents used the executive pen, they used to it for things like should we lower the flag at half mast for someone who died and things like that. When President Obama uses it, he changes the way America does business.” WayShouldDoeUseAmericaUsedPresidentHalfDiedExecutivesPensPresident ObamaFlagsMasts Author:Eric Bolling
“In the past, in order to continue as a candidate, a serious candidate, you had to be in the top three finishes in Iowa. You had to be in the top two out of New Hampshire. All our presidents elected in the past half-century finished either first or second in New Hampshire and in the top three in Iowa. That changed with the Citizens United, when we gave unlimited amounts of money.” FirstsTwoPastOrderThreePresidentUnitedHalfCenturyChangedSeriousAmountCitizensFinishedCandidatesUnlimitedIowaHampshireNew HampshireCitizens United Author:Mark Shields
“Edgar Wayburn has worked to preserve the most breath-taking examples of the American landscape. In fact, over the course of more than a half-century, both as President of the Sierra Club and as a private citizen, he has saved more of our wilderness than any person alive.” PersonsFactsCoursesPresidentHalfAliveCenturyExampleCitizensBreathsClubsSavedLandscapePreservesWildernessSierraAmerican Landscape Author:William J. Clinton
“Nixon's the kind of guy that if you were drowning fifty feet off shore, he'd throw you a thirty foot rope. Then Kissinger would go on TV the next night and say that the President had met you more than half-way.” IfsWayKindNightGuyNextPresidentHalfFeetTvsGoes OnMetsThirtyFiftyShoreRopeDrowningHalf WayKissinger Author:Mort Sahl