On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:39:17 -0500, Cliff wrote:

THE TOP 10 quotes of 2008, as compiled by the editor of the Yale Book
of
Quotations:

1. "I can see Russia from my house!" — Comedian Tina Fey, while
impersonating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live,"
broadcast Sept. 13

2. "All of them, any of them that have been in fr ont of me over all
these years." — Palin, responding to a request by CBS anchor Katie
Couric to name the newspapers or magazines she reads, broadcast Oct. 1

3. "We have sort of become a nation of whiners." — former Sen. Phil
Gramm, an economic adviser to Sen. John McCain, quoted in The
Washington Times, July 10

4. "It's not based on any particular data point, we just wanted to
choose a really large number." — Treasury Department spokeswoman
explaining how the $700 billion number was chosen for the initial
bailout, quoted on Forbes .co m Sept. 23

5. "The fundamentals of America's economy are strong." — McCain, in an
interview with Bloomberg TV, April 17

6. "Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act
are nonreviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be
reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency." — The
Treasury Department's proposed Emergency Economic Stabilization Act,
September 2008

7. "Maybe 100." — McCain, discussing in a town-hall meeting in Derry,
N.H., how many years U.S. troops could remain in Iraq, Jan. 3

8. "I'll see you at the debates, b — ." — Paris Hilton in a video
responding to a McCain television ad, August 2008

9. "Barack, he's talking down to black people. ... I want to cut his
.... off." — the Rev. Jesse Jackson, overheard over a live microphone
before a Fox News interview, July 6

10. (tie) "Cash for trash." — Paul Krugman discussing the financial
bailout, The New York Times, Sept. 22

10. (tie) "There are no atheists in foxholes and there are no
libertarians in financial crises." — Krugman, in an interview with
Bill Maher on HBO's "Real Time," broadcast Sept. 19

10. (tie) "Anyone who says we're in a recession, or heading into one —
especially the worst one since the Great Depression — is making up his
own private definition of 'recession.' " — commentator Donald Luskin,
the day before Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, The Washington
Post, Sept. 14