The quotable Ivins

Tue, 12 Dec 2000 20:00:00 +0000

On the recent campaign: "It's like having Ted Baxter of the old 'Mary Tyler Moore' show running for president: Gore has Ted's manner, and Bush has his brain." (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10/25/2000)

On George W. Bush: "If you think his daddy had trouble with 'the vision thing,' wait'll you meet this one." (Progressive, June 1999)

On Bill Clinton: "If left to my own devices, I'd spend all my time pointing out that he's weaker than bus-station chili." (Introduction to "You Got to Dance With Them What Brung You")

"No one but a fool or a Republican ever took him for a liberal." ("You Got to Dance With Them What Brung You")

On George Bush Sr.: "Calling George Bush shallow is like calling a dwarf short." (Mother Jones, February 1990)

"The next person who refers to David Duke as a populist ought to be Bushururued, as they now say in Japan, meaning to have someone puke in your lap." (Mother Jones, May/June 1992)

On Ronald Reagan: "You have to ignore a lot of stuff in order to laugh about Reagan -- dead babies and such -- but years of practice with the Texas Lege is just what a body needs to get in shape for the concept of Edwin Meese as attorney general. Beer also helps." (Progressive, March 1986)

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The quotable Ivins