Kathleen Hall Quotations

Nixon's strategy was to give a lot of access to local reporters and shut national reporters out,

I find this more troubling than deception in the political campaigns. The level of misunderstanding and the consequences of misunderstanding can be much more dramatic. If we don't hold the right people accountable and the right processes accountable, we'll risk having another catastrophe without real preparedness, and more people will die needlessly.

When he did very well in New York, he looked as if he'd done extraordinarily well. Now when he does well, we think it's inadequate.

The assumption that seeing is believing makes us susceptible to visual deceptions

We shouldn't call winners or losers immediately after a debate. Those calls have been useless as a guide to what really matters. . . . What matters is what the press focuses on.

When a war is long-lived and the outcome is not demonstrably positive, the lines of argument available to a president are seriously constrained. Democrat or Republican, 1960s or early part of the 21st century, you're going to hear a common rhetoric.

You're starting to see a revolt in Republican ranks. What is he going to say to members of his party about what he's doing about the deficit?

It's hard to find the right rhetoric because he's carrying the baggage of governance and his accountability for the lack of preparedness. It's not that empathy doesn't have some traction. It's just that when you're watching television and his empathy is pitted against anger, the anger wins.

The metaphor that should be looked for was in Cheney not following the rules, getting by without shooting the way you're supposed to. You are supposed to shoot the bird, not your friend.

Gambling' suggests vice, the shady underside of games of chance. 'Gaming' suggests sportsmanlike, honorable behavior in which there are rules that are enforced, and there is no shady underside.