Thursday, January 8, 2009

Great Moments of 2008: Awesome Quotes

1) From the PUMA blog during the Democratic convention:

JUST SNAPPED THIS PHOTO MOMENTS AGO INSIDE PUMAPAC HQ — WE ARE WATCHING THE INTRO — CHELSEA’S AD. PUMAS ARE CRYING AND YELLING WITH JOY. IT IS UNBELIEVABLE HERE. WE ARE ALL THINKING ABOUT YOU AT HOME.
I think that crying and yelling with joy might be my favorite new expression of this year, to go along with "I don't give a hell" and "I got a Fuck Lion, come fuck with me".

2) Hillary Clinton, before Iowa:
"That's what I intend to do, so I'm in it for the long run. It's not a very long run. It'll be over by February 5th."
Really speaks for itself. Hillary Clinton's primary campaign made me achieve levels of schadenfreude I didn't realize I was capable of.

3) Sam Donnellon, Philadelphia Inquirer sports columnist:
Column Title: "Danny the Great... May Make You Forget Alex."
"For two periods last night, Danny Briere was rewriting the script to this Stanley Cup playoff series. Scratch out Alex Ovechkin. Insert Briere. The go-ahead goal. The back-breaking goal. Two even-strength goals by Briere's line within 33 seconds.

You want an explosive scorer? We have your explosive scorer right here, pal."
Alex Ovechkin so far in 2008-2009: 27 Goals, 26 Assists, 133 Hits.
Daniel Briere's 2008-2009: Mostly injured, fans of non-shitty teams began urinating on him in discust.

4) Geraldine Ferraro's response to people daring to call her racist remarks... racist:
"Racism works in two different directions. I really think they're attacking me because I'm white. How's that?"
Flawless logic.

5) Mitt Romney celebrates MLK day the only way he knows how:
Mr. Romney, the Republican candidate from Massachusetts by way of Michigan and Utah who enjoys a milkshake at the end of a long day, stopped by a staging area for a Martin Luther King Birthday parade here. In his dress shirt and tie, and with his unwavering smile, he walked over and posed for photographs with a group of black youngsters. Putting his arm around a teenage girl, he waved to the cameras and offered, “Who let the dogs out?” He added a tepid “woof woof.”

Later, Mr. Romney admired a child’s gold necklace and said, “Oh, you’ve got some bling-bling here.
And just think, he's the Republican's front-runner for president in 2012! What a talent pool!

There are a bunch I left out (you could do a top 50 Hillary Clinton moments, and I still might) so feel free to add any of your favorite quotes from last year in the comments.

2 comments:

  1. "Does the Reverend Wright love American as much as you do?"
    Question for Obama from George Stephanopoulos in the ABC "debate". A personal favorite.
    wb

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