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1. "American voters have to pay closer attention to politics if they want to avoid four years of whining about the outcome." ~ Jack Germond
2. "Every newspaper editor says the heart of the paper is the reporter - which is true - except for the pay!" ~ Jack Germond
3. "Everyone I know thinks television is the most important part of my life. I did it for the money! I was able to send my daughter to college." ~ Jack Germond
4. "I loved politics and, I confess, I enjoyed politicians immensely." ~ Jack Germond
5. "Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying." ~ Jack Germond
6. "Pictures can be devastating. Who allowed John Kerry to get himself photographed windsurfing in a flowered swimsuit? Anyone in the real world in that operation?" ~ Jack Germond
7. "The country is stronger than the result of any one election. But we shouldn't forget that these are just ordinary people. I wish Americans would look at them level, not down or up - just level. It doesn't take some special dimension to be president." ~ Jack Germond
8. "Attack politics costs us dearly in terms of insight into the candidates. In a presidential campaign, the focus is so tight that the politicians are afraid to say anything that hasn't been scripted." ~ Jack Germond
9. "Candidates should be extremely cautious in displaying a sense of humor. If he or she tells a joke with a point, there is almost certain to be some minority group offended." ~ Jack Germond
10. "I really found this campaign odious. I couldn't get up for it. The quality of the candidates and the campaign, I just found the whole thing second-rate. I didn't know how to explain to my granddaughter that I was spending my dotage writing about Al Gore and George W. Bush." ~ Jack Germond
11. "Mo Udall didn't want the presidency bad enough. He was too sane. He was a marvelous guy, but you had the feeling there was another Udall outside his body watching the candidate Udall who was too extravagant, telling him to cut it out." ~ Jack Germond
12. "Politicians read the polls that show 85 or 90 percent of the voters profess a belief in God, so they identify themselves with religion, often only to the degree necessary to reach the constituency they are targeting." ~ Jack Germond
13. "Rather than fretting about IQ scores, voters should try to determine what candidates read - other than the Bible, which they all say they read - and the kind of people with whom they spend their time." ~ Jack Germond
14. "Spend hundreds of millions; talk endlessly about issues; present 12-point plans for education, the economy, and the environment. But in the end, the election of our next president can turn on a gaffe." ~ Jack Germond
15. "Unsurprisingly, the poll-takers don't talk a lot in public about the ignorance of the electorate on political and public policy matters. And the politicians are not going to disclose the, let's say, limited body of knowledge in their constituencies. You don't get elected calling your voters airheads." ~ Jack Germond

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