Alex Pareene Quotations

Political journalists, socially inept or no, are not nerds. Most of them can't do math, a fact that campaigns and politicians regularly exploit.

Political battles are won when the rich favor them.

Only a small rich fringe hates Social Security for disincentivizing 80-year-olds from seeking full-time employment.

Most politicians are vain. Many of them are stupid.

Modern political speechwriting is not a high-minded pursuit for brilliant talents.

Modern political speechwriting is certainly a skill, and one that requires experience and practice to master.

In our system of government, an opposition party doesn't have the ability to pass legislation, but it has the ability to massively screw things up.

In case you're unfamiliar with TED, it is a series of short lectures on a variety of subjects that stream on the Internet for free.

I'm not great on television. That's one reason I don't do it very often.

I think humor can be an effective way of getting the point across, but there are definitely times where I just write very earnestly.