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...think anybody can find a political agenda, a moral agenda. I insist that I am objective." Up to a point, that is--he'll bend the truth for the sake of a good line. "I had a groupie at the end deliver what I thought was a quite cogent remark," he recalls. "'Every girl wants to f___ a star. Every girl.' My daughter said, 'Nobody talks like that, Dad.'" This time his grin is a little lupine. "But I left...
...Sharon's disengagement bill in the Knesset but then said he'd resign in two weeks if Sharon didn't agree to put the entire plan to a national referendum. Briefly Netanyahu threatened to run against Sharon for the Prime Minister's job, though his aides backed off that remark...
Tiao says that first-time visitors to the room often make some snide remark like, “Whose is this?” Another of her roommates, Allison A. Frost ’08, also notes that they “have gotten weird looks” about the puzzle. When prompted with the idea of throwing a crossword puzzle party, Tiao remarked, “That would finish off my social life for good...
...debate site. The 23 members of the "dial group" had a knob they could turn to indicate their approval or disapproval of what the candidates were saying. When the Democratic nominee noted the sexual orientation of Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter Mary, to a person, they thought the remark was odd, jarring. "People thought it was uncalled for," Luntz found. In an ABC News poll, 2 of 3 voters said Kerry's reference to Mary Cheney was inappropriate, though 57% agreed with the larger point he was making--that homosexuals don't choose to be gay but rather...
...public arena. When asked in August about gay marriage, Cheney said, "Lynne and I have a gay daughter," before going on to note that it was the President--who supports a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage--who sets policy. In the vice-presidential debate, Cheney had genially acknowledged the remarks of Senator John Edwards after he complimented the Cheneys for standing by their "gay daughter." Friends of the Cheneys insist that the Vice President was actually peeved by Edwards' remark, but chose to hold his tongue. "He was ostensibly being gracious," said a Cheney ally. "But he was really saying...