Dan Rather

Dan Rather (born October 31, 1931), newscaster , host of CBS Evening News

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1 Quotes by Dan Rather (with no context) 1.1 Rather-isms from the 1984 US president election 1.2 Rather-isms from the 1988 US president election 1.3 Rather-isms from the 1992 US president election 1.4 Rather-isms from the 1996 US president election 1.5 Rather-isms from the 2000 US president election 1.6 Rather-isms from the 2004 US presidential election 1.7 Sign-off Wednesday, March 9, 2005 2 Quotes about Dan Rather

Quotes by Dan Rather (with no context)

• "An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the 'William Tell Overture' and not think of The Lone Ranger."
• "Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic."
• "Lets hit these biscuits with a dab of gravy."

Rather-isms from the 1984 US president election

• "Walter Mondale has seen the light at the end of the tunnel-and it's out."

Rather-isms from the 1988 US president election

• "George Bush is sweeping through the South like a tornado through a trailer park."

Rather-isms from the 1992 US president election

• The excitement is so great that it can "make the wax pop out of your ears if you love politics."
• Texas is "the big enchilada or, if not an enchilada, then a huge taco."

Rather-isms from the 1996 US president election

• Discussion about poll showing Bill Clinton would have lost to Colin Powell: "Woulda, coulda, shoulda. If a frog didn't have long hind legs, he wouldn't have squat to jump with."

Rather-isms from the 2000 US president election

• "This race is shakier than cafeteria Jello."
• "He swept through the South like a tornado through a trailer park."
• "Don't bet the trailer money on it yet."
• "It's a ding dong battle back and forth."
• "Look at that. Can't get a cigarette paper between'em."
• "His chances are slim right now and if he doesn't carry Florida, slim will have left town."
• "We said earlier in the evening at one point that Governor Bush would probably be as mad as a rained-on rooster."
• "The polls have been veering and wobbling so much that neither NASA nor the Russian Cosmodrome could track 'em in some cases."
• "If you're disgusted with us, frankly I don't blame ya."
• "I think you would likelier see a hippopotamus run through this room than see George Bush appoint Ralph Nader to the Cabinet."
• "This race is tight like a too-small bathing suit on a too-long ride home from the beach."
• "We've lived by the crystal ball and learned to eat so much broken glass tonight that we're in critical condition."
• Referred to California as "the big burrito."

Rather-isms from the 2004 US presidential election

• "If a frog had side pockets, he'd carry a handgun."
• "This race is hotter than a times Square Rolex."
• "Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek."
• "The situation in Ohio would give asprin a headache."
• "In Southern states, they beat him like a rented mule."
• "To err is human, but to really foul up requires a computer."
• "I am a tool."
• "When it comes to a race like this, I'm a long-distance runner and an all-day hunter."
• "Turn the lights down, the party just got wilder."
• "We don't know what to do. We don't know whether to wind a watch or bark at the moon."

Sign-off Wednesday, March 9, 2005

• "And, to each of you. Courage. For the 'CBS Evening News,' Dan Rather reporting. Good night."

Quotes about Dan Rather

• "106 [degrees] in the valley...I was sweating like Dan Rather checking for forged documents."
  • Jay Leno, September 10, 2004, on The Tonight Show

• "What are the odds that Dan Rather would have accepted such patently phony documents from, say, the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth?"
  • Ann Coulter, September 16, 2004. [1]