Ron Fournier Quotes

• According to a Public Policy Polling survey, most Americans find lice and colonoscopies more appealing than Capitol Hill.

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• Although we were never pals and occasionally butted heads, my relationship with Clinton and his wife, Hillary, made me a better journalist.

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• American exceptionalism is the recurring character in the nation’s narrative.

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• Andrew Jackson was the first president to claim that the desires of the public overrode Congress’s constitutional prerogatives. Virtually every president since Jackson has claimed the mantle, even while lacking two ingredients of an electoral mandate: a landslide victory and a specific agenda.

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• Anything may be possible in America, but a Palin presidency is virtually implausible.

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• Anything can go wrong in a debate, and Obama is not a perfect debater.

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• ‘Argo,’ ‘Lincoln,’ and ‘Zero Dark Thirty,’ three films honored with Best Picture Oscar nominations, lionize their Washington-anchored protagonists as crafty, competent, and virtually incorruptible.

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• AP promoted me to the White House beat because I knew Clinton, his family, friends, and staff better than anybody in the national press corps. Those contacts helped me break a few stories and get my career in Washington jump-started.

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• A concrete agenda and landslide victory might not even guarantee a president his mandate in a capital as polarized as Washington.

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• A dose of humility goes a long way in life and in politics.

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Ron Fournier (90)

Birth:	1963
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Journalist

About

Fournier is a native of Detroit, Michigan. He attended the University of Detroit. His wife, Lori, is also a graduate of the University of Detroit. They have three children, who they have raised in Arlington County, Virginia. Ron Fournier is an American national political journalist currently of the National Journal. Fournier had previously served as Washington bureau chief at the Associated Press until leaving in In June 2010.

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