After the Reagan years, there were only three people of color in the Republican Party. Their slogan was 'Republicans - the Other White Meat.' George [H.] Bush tried to dispel the 'whites only' image of his party, often referring to his Mexican-American grandkids as 'the little brown ones over there,' and nominated Clarence Uncle Thomas to the Supreme Court.
Moms Mabley said you have to say good things about the dead. I say, 'He's dead. Good.' - Kate Clinton
Moms Mabley said you have to say good things about the dead. I say, 'He's dead. Good.'
- Kate Clinton
Lesbian humor isn't trying to sell anything, it doesn't have to sell out. Coming out as a lesbian onstage is still a very political act; if it weren'… - Kate Clinton
Lesbian humor isn't trying to sell anything, it doesn't have to sell out. Coming out as a lesbian onstage is still a very political act; if it weren'…
[On being lesbian:] One pointer: don't come out to your dad in a moving vehicle. - Kate Clinton
[On being lesbian:] One pointer: don't come out to your dad in a moving vehicle.
Gays have always been in the military. Alexander the Great was originally Alexander the Fabulous. A gay man invented C-rations. He claims he could ne… - Kate Clinton
Gays have always been in the military. Alexander the Great was originally Alexander the Fabulous. A gay man invented C-rations. He claims he could ne…
Whenever a woman describes herself as a 'post-feminist' I picture women lashed to posts. Joan of Arc was an early post-feminist. - Kate Clinton
Whenever a woman describes herself as a 'post-feminist' I picture women lashed to posts. Joan of Arc was an early post-feminist.
Of all sports, football seems to be the most sanctioned homosocial opportunity for straight men to be with each other, pat butts, struggle, strive, a… - Kate Clinton
Of all sports, football seems to be the most sanctioned homosocial opportunity for straight men to be with each other, pat butts, struggle, strive, a…
Laughter takes the tyranny of the lies we are told and told and told and it blows them apart. - Kate Clinton
Laughter takes the tyranny of the lies we are told and told and told and it blows them apart.
I'm really happy that I was raised Catholic because it's given me years of material. - Kate Clinton
I'm really happy that I was raised Catholic because it's given me years of material.
In this political climate, people are so shut down to other ideas - I call it a hardening of the categories - that if you can get them to open up and… - Kate Clinton
In this political climate, people are so shut down to other ideas - I call it a hardening of the categories - that if you can get them to open up and…
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