The Worst ‘Notable Quotables’ of the Past 20 Years: The Clintons

Published: October 24, 2007, 9:46 am

Tags: bill clinton, dan rather, hillary clinton, lesley stahl, margaret carlson, nina burleigh, cbs, cbs evening news, los angeles times, newsweek, time, history, mrc nb news, video

To commemorate the Media Research Center's 20th anniversary this month, we've just published a special expanded edition of our Notable Quotables' newsletter with more than 100 of the most outrageous, sometimes humorous, quotes we've uncovered over the past 20 years. Earlier this week, I presented quotes showing the media's sympathy towards totalitarian communism and hostility towards Ronald Reagan and other conservatives. Today's installment: The media's love affair with Bill and Hillary Clinton. For 15 years, liberal reporters have made themselves looked like the sycophants they are, as they made excuse after excuse for the Clintons' moral failings even as they applauded the couple's supposed greatness. But perhaps no one looked sillier than Dan Rather on May 15, 2001, when the then-CBS News anchor was asked on Fox's The O'Reilly Factor if he thought Bill Clinton was honest. Video (0:41): Windows (1.26 MB), plus MP3 audio (163 kB). BILL O'REILLY: I want

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