When somebody asks you, sir, about the cooked books and faked threats you foisted on a sincere and frightened nation; when somebody asks you, sir, about your gallant, noble, self-abnegating sacrifice of your golf game so as to soothe the families of the war dead; this advice, Mr. Bush: Shut the hell up!...Keith Olbermann in a Special Comment on Countdown , May 14, 2008...But a few are born in the imagination, out of scraps of history and hope....Barack Hussein Obama did not win because of the color of his skin...He won because at a very dangerous moment in the life of a still young country, more people than have ever spoken before came together to try to save it...Time 's Nancy Gibbs, November 17, 2008 cover story. Co-anchor Chris Matthews: I have to tell you, you know, it's part of reporting this case, this election, the feeling most people get when they hear Barack Obama's speech...He speaks about America in a way that has nothing to do with politics...Check back each morning for more classic bias quotes, or visit our 25th Anniversary section for the entire collection.