Worst ‘Notable Quotables’ of the Past 20 Years: A Potpourri of Idiocy

Published: October 26, 2007, 10:08 am

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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. To wrap up this week's posts, I thought I'd list a few of the most outrageous or moronic quotes we've come across since 1987. For sheer wackiness, it's hard to top then-CNBC anchor Geraldo Rivera, who sang his disdain for independent prosecutor Kenneth Starr during the height of the Lewinsky scandal, July 21, 1998, on his Rivera Live program, to the tune of Twinkle, twinkle, little star. Video (0:37): Windows (1.22 MB), plus MP3 audio (150 kB). Twinkle, twinkle Kenneth Starr, now we see how crude you are / Up above your jury high, like the judge up in the sky / Twinkle, twinkle little Starr, now we see how wrong you are / When you drag the agents in, when you bully moms and kin / Then you kiss

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