Name The Source of the Quote(s)
Jun 9th, 2009 by RSmitty
Time for a new game I am trying out here. You win nothing, so we will call that the Seinfeld prize, in honor of the show about nothing. It’s all about your pride. Oh, and that you may actually learn something you didn’t know.
The inaugural question….
Who said the following:
Do not associate my name with anything you do. You are extremists, and you’ve hurt the Republican party much more than the Democrats have.
and….
In 1996, our Mr/Mrs Doe told Bob Dole, whose presidential campaign received lukewarm support from conservative Republicans:
We’re the new liberals of the Republican party. Can you imagine that?
I will provide links after the answer is revealed (or successfully guessed) during the day, Tuesday, June 9th.
That’s Barry Goldwater right there …
Actually, I said it !
M – damn, that was easier than I thought. I was half expecting Maria to come in and ruin it with a quick answer, but lo and behold, someone I haven’t heard from in ages does the deed!
Congrats! You win…nothing!
Jud – you spoke directly to Bob Dole about the party? The things I didn’t know!
Inaugural tidbits:
Nixon, on the American dream; “The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep.”
Buchanan, on the issue of slavery; “Most happy will it be for the country when the public mind shall be diverted from this question to others of more pressing and practical importance.”
Carter, on…on…who knows; “It that unique self-definition which has given us an exceptional appeal, but it also imposes on us a special obligation to take on those moral duties which, when assumed, seem invariably to be in our own best interests.”