Nina Totenberg

Nina Totenberg (born January 14, 1944) is an American journalist for the National Public Radio (NPR).

Quotes

• [On Senator Jesse Helms] I think he ought to be worried about what's going on in the Good Lord's mind, because if there is retributive justice, he'll get AIDS from a transfusion, or one of his grandchildren will.
  • Inside Washington, PBS, July 8, 1995.
  • Quoted in "Hate speech of the left" by Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe, December 28, 2003.

• [On General William Boykin] I hope he's not long for this world.
  • After a rebuke, corrected herself: "No, no. I mean, in his job. In his job, in his job, please, in his job."
  • Inside Washington, PBS, October 10, 2003. Partial Transcript by NPR ombudsman.

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