Quotes from CBS Anchor Dan Rather on Election Night 2004 & 2002

http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/ratherism.html ^

[navysealdad]

"His lead is as thin as turnip soup."

"This race is humming along like Ray Charles."

"The presidential race is swinging like Count Basie." "He swept through the South like a tornado through a trailer park."

"Don't bet the trailer money yet."

[KansasCanadian]

What’s the frequency, Kenneth?

[Roscoe Karns]

"This race is tighter than a bullfrog's clymer."

[HighWheeler]

My credibility is thinner than the air on the Moon.

[jimfree]

Dan was the best at the metaphor or simile. He tossed them out like a writing student flailing through a poetry assignment.

[snarks_when_bored]

Dan Rather’s dumber than a stump jumper wearing a jock strap.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I know, but for some strange reason it’s hard to dislike the guy. Of the 3 major news anchors at the time, he was my favorite.

[GOPJ]

Dan spouts garbage like a Texas truck on double run days...

[snarks_when_bored]

Dan Rather's style is to play the sycophant with people he admires or fears, and to show truculence towards people he despises or feels himself superior to. And if Bernie Goldberg is to be believed—and I think he is—Rather is also a back-stabbing SOB.

Otherwise, he's probably an okay guy. (heh)

[edpc]

One of my favorites was when he covered the end of Reagan's term and referred to the "Iran-Contra Arms for Hostages Where Did The Money Go Scandal."

He actually said that as the lead in.