Dana Milbank Quotes

We're one of the most reviled subsets of one of the most reviled professions. We're going to lose the battle every time. - Dana Milbank

To his backers, Joseph C. Wilson IV is a brave whistle-blower wronged by the Bush administration, ... To his critics, he is a partisan who spouts unreliable information. - Dana Milbank

This has been an elaborate exercise in navel gazing. - Dana Milbank

Seemed to lose control of the timing. He smiled after observing that Iraqis are 'paying a serious price' because of terrorism. - Dana Milbank

One man's amnesty, of course, is another man's 'earned citizenship.' - Dana Milbank

It was a delicate act: Celebrating debate and criticism while declaring that a key element of that debate -- whether the administration exaggerated prewar intelligence about Iraq -- is off-limits. But Cheney achieved it with matter-of-fact indignation. - Dana Milbank

For newspapers at this point, it's not about persevering, it's about surviving. - Dana Milbank

[Republican Sen. Tom Coburn, of Oklahoma] showed exceptional emotional versatility, working a crossword puzzle during the hearing and then choking back a sob during a prosaic statement about partisanship, ... It was the biggest Senate choke-up since Sen. George V. Voinovich, R-Ohio, cried while opposing the nomination of the ambassador to the United Nations (John Bolton) - and Coburn has to get through three more days of hearings. - Dana Milbank

[Mr. Woodward's apology was partly directed at his colleagues.] Obviously people here feel let down, ... it hasn't had the demoralizing effect that the Judy Miller debacle had at the Times. - Dana Milbank

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