"It will be years - not in my time - before a woman will become Prime Minister."
- Margaret Thatcher, 1974
"I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his face not Gary Cooper."
--Gary Cooper on his decision not to take the leading role in "Gone With The Wind."
"$100 million dollars is way too much to pay for Microsoft."
--IBM, 1982
"The American colonies have little stomach for revolution."
--King George III in 1773
"The surge hasn't accomplished its goals... We're involved, still, in an intractable civil war."
--Harry Reid, Senate Democrat Leader on the Iraq War optimism.
"We've lost"
--Harry Reid, Senate Democrat Leader on the Iraq War.
Reid's going for a two-fer on Iraq.
by Mondoreb
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Sources:
The Politico: Reid Pushes Back on Iraq Optimism
World's Worst Predictions
Death by 1000 Papercuts Front Page.