Campaigns & Elections' Politics - February 2008 - (Page 70) Quips Slip s & “I love Boobies!” “What bothers me is that he still looks like he did 30 years ago.” —Elizabeth Edwards, on her husband —That’s how it sounded, anyway, when Sen. Hillary Clinton told restaurateur Richard Brenner that she, too, loves the famed Chicago rib joint, Booby’s. “Don’t make me send Chuck back there!” —Mike Huckabee, with Chuck Norris at his side, responding to a heckler in Windham, N.H. WE HEARD: “He probably just mistook Dennis for a hobbit.” —an anonymous comment on Drudge about Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn in “Lord of The Rings”) stumping for Rep. Dennis Kucinich “Iowa is so small, it’s like a mayor’s race in a medium-sized city. It wouldn’t be wise to put too much emphasis on it.” —Clinton press aide Jay Carson on Jan. 4 WE THOUGHT: Headlines You May Have Missed Wyoming to Rest of U.S.: ‘Oh Yeah? Well, Screw You Too!’ From:The Specious Report “The Boston gig has been canceled.” “What?” “Yeah, I wouldn’t worry about it though. It’s not a big college town.” —From the 1984 spoof, “This is Spinal Tap” CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: NEWSCOM.COM;LESLIE BRENNER; WWW.SMH.COM Clinton Campaign Accuses Obama of Sniffing Mimeograph Paper in Kindergarten From: Satirical Political Report YouTube Debate Becomes Website’s First Ignored Video From:The Onion Who Said It “They’re saying he needs to be stewed and seasoned and we need to boil all the hope out of him.” Mike Huckabee Barack Obama John Edwards Mitt Romney Answer: Barack Obama Fred Thompson Fears Presidential Run Will Typecast Him As Politician From:The Onion 70 Politics February 2008 http://SMH.COM
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