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by: bco gal

06/17/08 @ 05:23:35 PM MDT


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Hello and welcome to the late edition of Trivia Tuesday. Our category for today is political quotes.  

And because Trivia Tuesday is running late, I've decided to make these questions a bit easier than usual (at least I hope I did!). This means I resisted the temptation to pull out my old Poli Sci textbooks and get a few quotes from Plato, John Locke or Pliny the Younger. So take a look below and see if you can guess who said which particular quote.

bco gal :: Trivia Tuesday - Can I Quote You On That?
Rules as always: you cannot look up your answers on the internet and you can submit your own questions below.

Oh, btw, hi to everyone I met at Save the Ales on Wednesday night!

Okay, good luck!

#1 - "Rudy Giuliani - I mean, think about it. Rudy Giuliani - there's only three things he mentions in a sentence: a noun and a verb and 9/11.  I mean, there's nothing else."

#2 - Who Said this About Kosovo in 1999:
"No goal, no objective, not until we have those things and a compelling case is made, then I say, back out of it, because innocent people are going to die for nothing. That's why I'm against it."

#3 - What 20th Century Republican President Said This:
"We wish to control big business so as to secure among other things good wages for the wage-workers and reasonable prices for the consumers. Wherever in any business the prosperity of the business man is obtained by lowering the wages of his workmen and charging an excessive price to the consumers we wish to interfere and stop such practices."

#4 - Who said this, to three young evacuees of Hurricane Katrina, at the Astrodome:
"Now tell me the truth boys, is this kind of fun?"

#5 - A certain radio host said this last year:
"I want every Muslim immigrant in America who holds -- to hold a green card, a visa, or who is a naturalized citizen to be required by law to wear a GPS tracking bracelet at all times"

#6 - Fill in the blank:
Once in Congress, Marilyn Musgrave introduced a constitutional amendment to outlaw gay marriage -- which she calls "the most important issue that we face today" -- nearly a year before a Massachusetts court approved civil unions. "She doesn't like the idea of one gay person," says __________ "So obviously the idea of two of us hanging out makes her very unhappy."

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#5 (4.00 / 4)
Gunny Bob.

#2 - Dick Cheney?

revolution from within


Heh (3.00 / 1)
I knew you'd get #5 off the bat. Yep, that's him.

Now as for #2, not Cheney, but you're on the right track.


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Has anyone gotten No. 2 yet? (4.00 / 2)
Sounds like Hannity but not sure.

Who said this, and when was it said?

"I cannot support a failed foreign policy.  History teaches us that it is often easier to make war than peace.  This administration is just learning that lesson right now.  The President began this mission with very vague objectives and lots of unanswered questions.  A month later, these questions are still unanswered.  There are no clarified rules of engagement.  There is no timetable.  There is no legitimate definition of victory.  There is no contingency plan for mission creep.  There is no clear funding program.  There is no agenda to bolster our over-extended military.  There is no explanation defining what vital national interests are at stake.  There was no strategic plan for war when the President started this thing, and there still is no plan today"


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Yes, YOU got #2 correct! (0.00 / 0)
It was Sean Hannity.  

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Any guess on the lengthy disquisition about overextending our military? (0.00 / 0)


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#4 (4.00 / 1)
Babs Bush - The Mother of Compassionate Conservative!

Close (0.00 / 0)
But her quote was:

What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.


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Nope (0.00 / 0)
But here's a hint. That quote was from a former member of Congress.

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damn (4.00 / 1)
I'm looking, but I won't tell....:-)

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#4 - Tom Delay (4.00 / 3)
btw, is he in jail yet?

Sometimes the pool-pah exceeds the power of humans to comment. -Bokonon

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You are correct (0.00 / 0)
Good job! And no jail time for DeLay.....for now.  

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Looks more tame in print (4.00 / 2)
If memory serves there was sort of a sneer and a chuckle in the middle of that statement.

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Some attempts (4.00 / 2)
#1. Sen. Joe Biden
#2. George W. Bush

#3. Someone from the 1st half of the 20th century.  Republican Presidents haven't spoken like that in a while.
#4. Zappatero got it, right?  That quote still disgusts me.
#5. johne got it.  Nice job.

#6. Vaguely remember the quote among the better remembered circumstance.  She was trying to emulate Babs, I think.

A Responsible Plan for Iraq: endorsed by Jared Polis


Answers to your answers (0.00 / 0)
#1 - Yep, Senator Biden. I love that quote.
#2 - No, not Bush.
#3 - You're right on the time period.
#4 - Not Babs.

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No. 3 (4.00 / 3)
I would've guessed Eisenhower, in a stilted mood, but he's not first half of 20th Century so I'm going with Roosevelt.

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Good guess (0.00 / 0)
Yes, it was Teddy Roosevelt.

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Is it bad (5.00 / 1)
that my simple request for this election is for a President that can just freaking speak the language?

Seriously.

A Responsible Plan for Iraq: endorsed by Jared Polis


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#6 - Barney Frank? (4.00 / 3)
I don't remember him being the one that said it, but for some reason the fact that he doesn't like her popped in my head. And it sounds like something he would say.


Sometimes the pool-pah exceeds the power of humans to comment. -Bokonon

Correct! (0.00 / 0)
It was Barney Frank.

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Really?? (4.00 / 1)
Well then, Go me! and Go Barney Frank!


Sometimes the pool-pah exceeds the power of humans to comment. -Bokonon

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