Joe Klein Quotes - Page 2

• What do you do in a novel? You take recognizable characters from your own life, and you fantasize about what they're really like.

  Joe Klein

  Character, Novel

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• I'm in favour of politicians having extra-marital relationships. Oh yeah. It makes them more understanding of the flaws that the rest of us have.

  Joe Klein

  Understanding, Favour, Flaws

  "Man with no name". Interview with Michael Ellison, www.theguardian.com. August 14, 2000.

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• Ya en el segundo mandato de George W. Bush, cuando el realismo diplomático empezó a superar a la belicosidad insensata, el presidente desarrolló uno de sus apodos patentados para los dos periodistas neoconservadores más poderosos, William Kristol y Charles Krauthammer: los llamó "los chicos bomba".

  Joe Klein

  Powerful, Boys, Two

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• Bush the Elder's stature as president grows with every passing year. He was the finest foreign policy president I've ever covered and a man who defied his party on tax increases while imposing budget restrictions on the Democrats.

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  Party, Men, Years

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• Ever since John Kennedy, Democrats have had a weakness for dashing younger men like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and, I suppose, Jimmy Carter. They balance their tickets with senior statesmen - Lyndon Johnson, Joe Biden, Walter Mondale. (Al Gore was young but played ancient).

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  Senior, Men, Balance

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• In point of fact, 'Simpson-Bowles' has become a symbol, or SimBowl, rather than an actual plan, political shorthand for the process of long-term deficit reduction.

  Joe Klein

  Long, Political, Facts

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• Bush prometió una política exterior de humildad y una política interior de compasión. Nos ha dado una política exterior de arrogancia y una política interior cínica, miope y cruel.

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  Humility, Compassion, Cynical

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• I got into journalism because I came of age in the '60s. It just seemed one way for me to get things done.

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  Age, Done, Way

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• Novel writing should never be confused with journalism. Unfortunately, in the case of Primary Colors, a fair number of journalists confused.

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  Confused, Writing, Color

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• I think that if you make a strong statement of principle, even if the folks disagree with you, people will respect you for it.

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  Fuerte, Pensamiento, Gente

  "Joe Klein on the State of Democracy in America". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. April 22, 2006.

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• Political courage requires clarity. The Obama Administration chose the tortured route of arguing the legality of the individual mandate via the interstate commerce clause for one simple reason: it did not want to take the political risk of allowing opponents to call it a tax increase. That was stupid. The Republicans were calling it a tax increase anyway.

  Joe Klein

  Political, Clarity, Political Courage

  "How To Improve ObamaCare" by Joe Klein, www.realclearpolitics.com. June 29, 2012.

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• No puedo creer que Hillary Clinton quiera que el mundo piense que cada vez que se mete en problemas políticos, su marido va a aparecer rugiendo, rompiendo muebles, absorbiendo oxígeno, vomitando dióxido de carbono. Mi impresión es que es lo bastante fuerte como para defenderse, como demostró en el reciente debate demócrata. Pero aparentemente no es lo suficientemente fuerte para controlar al Sr. Bill. Y si ese es el caso, cualquier votante en su sano juicio tendría que pensárselo dos veces antes de permitir este tipo de espectáculo circense en la Casa Blanca.

  Joe Klein

  Strong, Husband, Believe

  "Klein: A 'circus act in the White House'?" by Ben Smith, www.politico.com. January 24, 2008.

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