Even if you had the wherewithal to embarrass a reporter, there was no mechanism to do it. And in most cases, you might as well save your breath because the reporter had no shame anyway. Richard Ben Cramer Read Quote
If you’re following candidates in a campaign, you get on their plane, and what they’re generally doing is they’re dividing the cost of that charter flight by the number of reporters they’re carrying aboard. In effect, the press is buying them that campaign flight. Richard Ben Cramer Read Quote
I’m enough of a patriot to think that the American public makes good choices. Richard Ben Cramer Read Quote
It’s very hard to imagine anybody being president when the stuff that’s written about them is empty of who they are. Richard Ben Cramer Read Quote
He’s made a business out of being Joe DiMaggio. To remain Joe DiMaggio, you better not have too much known. He’s right. The closer you get, the more explosively bad stuff you find. Richard Ben Cramer Read Quote
People feel overloaded, that politics has become kind of a public utility: hot- and cold-running politics any time of the day or night. Richard Ben Cramer Read Quote
Losing the presidency is not like losing any other office. More than any other office, it’s a vote about you as a whole human being. Richard Ben Cramer Read Quote
The whole point of Israel was to create a place where Jews could live the best life – and liveliest – in accordance with their values. Richard Ben Cramer Read Quote
When you’re working on a project that’s going to take six years, you’re weird from the jump. Richard Ben Cramer Read Quote
Don’t be the schmuck on the other side of the table. Don’t get an interview with the guy. Be in the room with him while he’s being interviewed by someone else. Richard Ben Cramer Read Quote
