"In southern states they beat him like a rented mule."
Ladies and Gentlemen, the official Dan Ratherism thread
Discussion in 'Free-For-All Archives' started by Joseph_Botwinick, Nov 7, 2004.
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"If you try to read the tea leaves before the cup is done you can get yourself burned."
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"We need Billy Crystal to Analyze This"
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"You know that old song, 'it's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely' for President Bush in most areas of the country."
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"We had a slight hitch in our giddy up, but we corrected that."
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"In some ways, George Bush's lead is as thin as November ice."
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"Put on a cup of coffee, this race isn't going to be over for a while."
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"You look at the map and say it's all a big Bush victory. But this is one time when your Mother is right, looks can be deceiving."
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"John Kerry's moon has just moved behind a cloud, as far as Florida is concerned."
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On Kerry's chances: "To use a metaphor, he's gotta draw to an inside straight. But hey, sometimes you get lucky and hit that straight."
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"Is it like a swan, with every feather above the water settled, but under the water paddling like crazy?"
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"What you have here is the football equivalent of a fourth quarter rally by Kerry."
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The election is "closer than Lassie and Timmy"
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"Keep in mind they are teetotally meetmortally convinced they have Ohio won."
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"Vice President Dick Cheney would not have flown all the way out there (Hawaii) overnight and put that lei around his neck and sort of hula-danced, if you will, unless he thought there was a chance of carrying that out there."
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"President Bush smiling there with his family. He's laid down aces so far."
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"You can almost hear the GOP (deep breathing sound). We're getting within maybe smelling distance."
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"We don't know what to do. We don't know whether to wind a watch or bark at the moon."
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On how the results are affecting strategists: "It's one reason so many of them drink a lot."
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Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), on being congratulated on victory by Rather: "Thanks Dan, I always believe you." Rather: "Now, ladies and gentleman, if you believe that, you'll believe rocks can grow."
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