I don't back down. I don't cave when the pressure gets too great from these partisan political ideological forces.

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Texas: 32 electoral votes, another of the so-called big enchiladas or if not an enchilada...

Texas: 32 electoral votes, another of the so-called big enchiladas or if not an enchilada...

This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.

This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.

The attention span of a computer is only as long as its electrical cord

The attention span of a computer is only as long as its electrical cord

Only votes talk, everything else walks.

Only votes talk, everything else walks.

What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.

What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.

Be careful. Journalism is more addictive than crack cocaine. Your life can get out of...

Be careful. Journalism is more addictive than crack cocaine. Your life can get out of...

They may have turned this up, whether you had the Paula Jones case or not....

They may have turned this up, whether you had the Paula Jones case or not....

An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not...

An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not...

Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it's very hard to turn it, even...

Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it's very hard to turn it, even...

Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls.

Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls.

Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.

Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.

Fear rules almost every newsroom in the country.

Fear rules almost every newsroom in the country.

Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.

Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.

If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us...

If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us...

Never eat spinach just before going on the air.

Never eat spinach just before going on the air.

I had someone at the Houston police station shoot me with heroin so I could...

I had someone at the Houston police station shoot me with heroin so I could...

Those market researchers... are playing games with you and me and with this entire country....

Those market researchers... are playing games with you and me and with this entire country....

A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes...

A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes...

Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas - including...

Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas - including...

And now the sequence of events in no particular order.

And now the sequence of events in no particular order.