Speakeasy

Published October 22, 2007 4:00am ET



In fact, most of you knew me long before anyone called me Darth Vader. I’ve been asked if that nickname bothers me, and the answer is no. After all, Darth Vader is one of the nicer things I’ve been called recently.”

– Vice President Dick Cheney, speaking to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy on Sunday

“I shudder to think what this country would be like without talk radio.”

– conservative TV producer Dave Alan Johnson at the Values Voter Summit this weekend