And as a result, I guess I’m just kind of a rubberneck. I’m kind of a – someone who likes to see things and likes to see these events and talk to the people who make them happen. But I don’t think journalists are as important as the people they cover.
BOB SCHAFFERMy mother is Ukrainian. She immigrated to the U.S. from Canada as a child.
More Bob Schaffer Quotes
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Though there is growing division among the Ukrainian military ranks as to loyalty in this revolution, the possibility of violence looms over the entire situation.
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Once we get them in the studio, you interview a person the same way you would interview another. You ask them a question. You let them answer. You try to listen closely and then ask a follow-up.
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Mitt Romney is betting big on himself and left no doubt about it.
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Vote counting and ballot collecting does not occur in the light of day. There are too many occasions when observers and opposing parties lose contact with the ballots.
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My mother is Ukrainian. She immigrated to the U.S. from Canada as a child.
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Talk about threats to national security — how about government so big, so complicated and so unmanageable, it cant get out of its own way?
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The revolution has been dubbed “The Orange Revolution,” orange being the campaign color of Viktor Yushchenko. The demonstrators say they are tired of living under a corrupt government…
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The first thing the federal government can do to help is get out of the way.
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The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It’s part of our culture, like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays – beyond their meaning – a factor in our economy.
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It is unlikely Yanukovich won. If he did, his government made it impossible to determine.
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The recent history of Ukraine is replete with dead journalists, beaten journalists, news agencies being shut down, and politicians being injured or killed. Most are killed in mysterious auto accidents.
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I would love to see the French spending money to restore Iraq.
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Government is just spending too much money.
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I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art.
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I used to be a print reporter.
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