[Ads-l] Kavanaugh-Related Quotations (Quotation Query #801)

[Ben Zimmer]

There were several variations on the beer theme. I was thinking of this
exchange with Sen. Whitehouse:

KAVANAUGH: I like beer. I like beer. I don’t know if you do...
WHITEHOUSE: OK.
KAVANAUGH: ... do you like beer, Senator, or not?

Transcript:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/national/wp/2018/09/27/kavanaugh-hearing-transcript/

On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 10:11 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Wasn't it, "I liked beer. I still like beer"?
>
> JL
>
> On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 9:56 PM Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > My top three (so far):
> >
> > "Indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter." -- Dr. Christine Blasey
> > Ford
> > "This is not a job interview. This is hell." -- Sen. Lindsey Graham
> > "I like beer." -- Judge Kavanaugh
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 8:24 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > “This whole two-week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated
> > > political hit fueled with apparent pent-up anger about President Trump
> > and
> > > and the 2016 election.  Fear that has been unfairly stoked about my
> > > judicial record. Revenge on behalf of the Clintons. And millions of
> > dollars
> > > in money from outside left-wing opposition groups. This is a circus."
> > >
> > > "Revenge on behalf of the Clintons" has already been parodied in the
> > title
> > > of a notional horror movie, "Revenge of the Clintons."
> > >
> > > It could ultimately get as much mileage as "a vast right-wing
> > conspiracy."
> > >
> > > JL
> > >
> > > On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 8:34 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > For my eventual "Notable Quotations of the Year" list for 2018, as
> well
> > > as
> > > > possible inclusion in the second edition of the Yale Book of
> > Quotations,
> > > I
> > > > would welcome suggestions of quotes relating to the Kavanaugh
> > nomination
> > > > that are likely to become famous and to "have legs" in the sense of
> > being
> > > > memorable in the long term.  These could be utterances or writings by
> > > Judge
> > > > Kavanaugh or Dr. Ford or senators or commentators, etc.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Fred Shapiro
> > > >
> > > >
> >

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