Fey, Palin, McCain dominate list of top 10 quotes for '08

[DeepModem Mom]

CNN: Fey, Palin, McCain dominate list of top 10 quotes for '08
December 15, 2008
From CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart


Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was bested by Tina Fey for the No. 1 spot on the list of the top ten quotes for 2008, according to the Yale Book of Quotations.'

(CNN) – With less than three weeks left in the year, the Yale Book of Quotations is out with its list of the 10 quotes for 2008, and statements some politicians probably wish they could take back dominate this year’s list.

This year had “a particularly important and dramatic election,” said Fred Shapiro, editor of the Yale Book of Quotations, about the fact that so many political quotations appeared on the 2008 list. “An election that had a cast of characters among the candidates,” Shapiro added

Indeed, Tina Fey’s “I can see Russia from my house” impersonation of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin took the No. 1 spot on the list. Palin herself was not far behind at No. 2 with an answer during one of her interviews with Katie Couric. "All of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years,” Palin told Couric when the CBS anchor asked the then-Republican vice presidential candidate what newspapers she read.

McCain economic adviser and former Republican Sen. Phil Gramm took third place for saying “we have sort of become a nation of whiners,” about the struggling economy in a July interview with the Washington Times.

Not to be outdone by Gramm or Palin, Sen. McCain took two spots on the top ten list: he scored fifth place for saying “the fundamentals of the American economy are strong” and the Arizona senator was also awarded seventh place for suggesting the U.S. troops might remain in Iraq for 100 years....

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/12/15/fey-palin-mccain-dominate-list-of-top-10-quotes-for-08/

[racaulk]

1. "For those of you playing a drinking game at home...maverick."

:rofl:

Tina Fey rocked my world this year. She did a fantastic job of helping to make Sarah Palin a national joke (beyond what Palin did herself), and I think her impersonation was one of the gamechangers of this election.

[DeepModem Mom]

2. I completely agree! And some due also, I think, to Katie Couric --

mentioned in the report as the questioner to whom Palin provided those memorable answers.

[rvablue]

3. "In what respect, Charlie?" should be on the list. n/t

[DeepModem Mom]

4. Thanks for the reminder -- you're right! nt