Let Us Fluff Your Pillow Award for Soft &
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“What
of the attacks has busted through to you? What makes you angriest at
John McCain, the Republicans? What’s being said about your husband that
you want to shout from the mountain tops is not true?”
— NBC’s Brian Williams to Michelle Obama in an interview shown on the
August 27 Nightly News. [60 points]
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Runners-up:
“When
an American politician comes to Berlin, we’ve had some iconic utterances
in the past. We’ve had ‘Ich bin ein.’ We’ve had, ‘Mr. Gorbachev, tear
down this wall’....Is the phraseology that you would like remembered:
‘People of Berlin, people of the world, this is our moment, this is our
time’?”
— Anchor Brian Williams interviewing Obama in Berlin for the July 24
NBC Nightly News. [42]
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“Many
of the attacks that have come from John McCain’s campaign have been,
quite frankly, condescending. Are you surprised by that? Does it anger
you?”
— CBS’s Harry Smith to Democratic candidate Barack Obama on The Early
Show, August 22. [33]
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“Have
you stopped to think what the Obama version of Swift Boating might be in
this campaign cycle if you get to the general election? What they did to
John Kerry, what’s that version going to be with Barack Obama?”
— NBC’s Matt Lauer to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on
Today, February 19. [33]
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Anchor
Brian Williams:
“Last time we were together, I handed you a copy of Newsweek, it
was the first time you’d held it in your hands with you on the cover.
Have you yet held this [Time magazine cover declaring Obama the
primary winner] in your hands?”
Senator Barack Obama:
“No, I don’t want to. Because the last time it was in New Hampshire and
I ended up losing. So, I’m not sure whether it’s the magazine or you,
Brian, that’s the jinx, but I’m not taking any chances.”
Williams:
“Last time, you looked at it and you thought instantly of your mom.” Obama:
“She’d like that picture. She always encouraged me to smile more.”
— NBC Nightly News, May 8. [29]
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