55 Quotes by Charlie Pierce

The Republicans find their faith imperiled by Barney Frank's marriage. There is always a shadow on the wall, a monster in the closet, a mysterious rustling in the teeming underbrush of the conservative Id.

Bill Clinton was not a symbol. People did not invest in him their idea of what America should be or, worse, their pride in what they thought America had become. There was no great moral self-congratulation in having elected a president from Arkansas.

There is a barbarism in the American soul, and we must protect some of it by law. To root it out is to endanger our lives on the one hand, and our liberty on the other.

If you ever become a mother, can I have one of the puppies?

The perfect lover is one who turns into a pizza at 4:00 A.M.

It's better to be black than gay because when you're black you don't have to tell your mother.

There is a lot in American politics (and in American life) that is angry, greedy, reckless and violent.

The man is the Piltdown Man of modern politics.

Campaigns are no longer high-minded exchanges of ideas, even though God knows we need more good ones - ideas, that is.