Friday, April 1, 2005

Fool Disclosure

“As you may know, Terri Schiavo has been in a persistent vegetative state since 1990 with zero chance of recovery. When Republicans intervened into a private family dispute to get the Schiavo case heard in a federal court, do you think they did so because they fervently believe in a religious-right ideology that favors prolonging life, no matter what the cost or consequences? Or are they simply seeking to please their own extremely religious right-wing base?”

— CBS News/New York Times poll question, April 1, from the April Fool's edition of the Media Research Center's "Notable Quotables."

Readers are invited to post further April 1 Notable Quotables below—read the MRC's page first to see how it's done.