Speakeasy: The year in quotes

Published December 25, 2007 5:00am ET



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We must be two desperate housewives.”

James Carville, recalling a comment his wife, Mary Matalin, made to Kathleen Matthews (wife of “Hardball’s” Chris)

“Darth Vader is one of the nicest things I’ve been called recently.”

Dick Cheney

“One of the great things about running for president is you get to see the back rooms and kitchens of a lot of hotels.”

Fred Thompson

“When a cell phone goes off, you hear an annoying sound. I hear ‘ka-ching, ka-ching.’”

– Former Virginia governor and Nextel founder Mark Warner

“They ought to call this the suicide channel.”

– Comic Lewis Black, headlining the launch party for XM Radio’s “POTUS Channel”

“The Chocolate City … is getting less chocolate all the time.”

– Princeton academic Cornel West

“I’m fairly surprised how little it does happen.”

– Sen. Jim DeMint, remarking on sexual affairs by members of Congress

“If I had been a liberal, I’d be a hero.”

Jeff Gannon

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“Why can’t I get a fatwa? Don’t they read my stuff?”

Ann Coulter

“They have reproductive organs the size of BBs.”

– Sen. Tom Coburn on his colleagues’ appetite for ethics reform

“If you reallywant to keep a secret in Washington, give a speech. No one pays attention.”

– Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff