By: Greg Mitchell After the glow of the Inaugural, the early weeks of the Obama era are already turning not so fun. So let's return to a simpler, happier time -- the 2008 campaign when all kinds of wacky things were said by candidates and media commentators alike, before the economy collapsed and a new president had to deal with that.
Try to identify who uttered each of the following remarks and send answers to me at:
gmitchell@editorandpublisher.com.
UPDATE: Correct answers at bottom.
1. "I am not ready to announce yet -- even though it's clear that the voters are desperate for a white, male, middle-aged, Jesus-trumpeting alternative."
a) Mike Huckabee
b) Mitt Romney
c) Stephen Colbert
d) Kurt Warner
2. "He's the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy."
a) Peggy Noonan
b) Hillary Clinton
c) Sarah Palin
d) Joe Biden
3. This commentator said on CNN that the winner in 2008 simply had to be Hillary or Obama because Bush had been so bad "he has screwed it up for any white man to be elected."
a) Kanye West
b) Chris Rock
c) Alec Baldwin
d) Bill Maher
4. This candidate talked about who he wanted to play his Inaugural: ?I?ve got to start with the Stones,? but he also called Grand Funk Railroad ?a groundbreaking group. The bass player, Mel Schacher, is very underrated.?
a) Dennis Kucinich
b) Sam Brownback
c) Mike Huckabee
d) Ron Paul
5. "Thank goodness, my cousin, Dick Cheney, will not be on the ballot this November...that's embarrassing. When people look at their genealogical charts they like to find someone cool."
a) Charles Barkley
b) Maureen Dowdl
c) Barack Obama
d) D.L. Hughley
6. "The sooner we accept the basic differences between men and women, the sooner we can stop arguing about it and start having sex."
a) John Edwards
b) Bill Clinton
c) Rudy Giuliani
d) Stephen Colbert
7. After some on Wall Street claimed that a possible Democratic victory in November was already hurting the economy: "How bad do the Democrats have to be to pre-fuck the economy?"
a) Paul Krugman
b) Robert Reich
c) Jon Stewart
d) George Clooney
8. "That's all right -- he's still a scumbag....he's one of the guys that propagated all those lies about Whitewater for Kenneth Starr. He's just a dishonest guy -- can't help it.'"
a) Bill O'Reilly
b) Bill Clinton
c) Bill Maher
d) Bill Richardson
9. "I want to cut his nuts out."
a) Michael Savage
b) Dan Savage
c) Jesse Jackson
d) Rod Blago
10. "I like to go camping and hang out with the boys, do some fishing, shoot some shit and just fuckin' chillin' I guess....Ya fuck with me I'll kick [your] ass.
a) Anderson Cooper
b) Todd Palin
c) Bruce Springsteen
d) Levi Johnston
11. "Every morning, when Alaskans wake up, one of the first things they do, is look outside to see if there are any Russians hanging around. And if there are, you gotta go up to them and ask, 'What are you doing here?' and if they can't give you a good reason, it's our responsibility to say, you know, 'Shoo! Get back over there!'"
a) Tina Fey
b) Sarah Palin
c) Both the above
d) Mike Gravel
12. On endorsing Obama: ?It?s a good thing my dear old mum and pop are no longer alive. They?d cut off my allowance.?
a) Julie Nixon Eisenhower
b) Christopher Buckley
c) Barry Goldwater Jr.
d) Cal Ripken Jr.
13. "Brothers should pull up their pants. You are walking by your mother, your grandmother, your underwear is showing. What's wrong with that? Come on."
a) Ann Coulter
b) Will.i.am
c) Barack Obama
d) Michael Steele
NOTE: This is all derived from Greg Mitchell's "Why Obama Won," his ninth book, which can only be ordered online, for info:
http://gregmitchellwriter.blogspot.com/
CORRECT ANSWERS:
1) C
2) D
3) B
4) C
5) C
6) D
7) C
8) B
9) C
10) D
11) A
12) B
13) C
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