2010 Notable Quotables

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Tavis Smiley (92 points) Author Ayaan Hirsi Ali, talking about radical Muslims: “Somehow, the idea got into their minds that to kill other people is a great thing to do and that they would be rewarded in the hereafter.” Host Tavis Smiley: “But Christians do that every single day in this country.” Ali: “Do they blow people up every day?” Smiley: “Yes. Oh, Christians, every day, people walk into post offices, they walk into schools, that’s what Columbine is — I could do this all day long....There are folk in the Tea Party, for example, every day who are being recently arrested for making threats against elected officials, for calling people ‘nigger’ as they walk into Capitol Hill, for spitting on people. That’s within the political — that’s within the body politic of this country.” — PBS’s Tavis Smiley, May 25. [MP3 Audio] Find your favorite The Twenty-Third Annual Awards for the Year’s Worst Reporting These are always precious