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