This Week's Best Quotes: 'I Got Mr. Obama Sitting Here and I Was Gonna Ask Him a Couple Questions'
The quotes that made news this week.
Sept. 1, 2012— -- intro: Check out this week's funniest, craziest and buzziest quotes from around the world.
quicklist: 1title: 'I Got Mr. Obama Sitting Here and I Was Gonna Ask Him a Couple Questions' text: Clint Eastwood made a surprise appearance at the Republican National Convention Thursday night, calling unemployment in America "a national disgrace" before interviewing an empty chair he addressed as "President Obama."
"I got Mr. Obama sitting here and I was gonna ask him a couple questions," Eastwood drawled, turning his head toward the bare stool.
"Mr. President, how do you handle promises you made when you were running for election?" he asked. "What do you say to people?"
But Eastwood cut off the interviewee: "I'm not gonna shut up. It's my turn," he said.
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quicklist: 2title: 'Forget About Having a Robust Guiding Voice, the Victims Have No Voice at All'text: The families of the Colorado theater shooting victims came together publicly for the first time Tuesday in a press conference fueled by pain, anger and frustration over the actions of a charity fund set up to help the families.
In the wake of the shooting that left 12 people dead and 58 wounded, a non-profit called Giving First set up the Aurora Victims Relief Fund, which was supported by Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper.
Members of the public and private entities have raised $5 million through the fund, but the families say that the charity has not been working fast enough to distribute the money and that they are not including the victims' families in the decision making process.
The group was led by Tom Teves, whose 24-year-old son Alex Teves died protecting his girlfriend from the gunfire in the theater on July 20, 2012.
"Forget about having a robust guiding voice, the victims have no voice at all," Teves said. "Fighting for justice is not easy for us because we are doing this at a time in our lives when we are in extreme pain."
"It's incomprehensible what we have to do," he said.
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quicklist: 3title: 'In America, We Celebrate Success, We Don't Apologize for It'text: The Republican National Convention delivered its share of memorable moments, among them, Mitt Romney's acceptance speech.
Coming into the convention scarred from the attacks on his record at Bain Capital and the reignited "War on Women," Romney delivered a personal speech addressing his business career, his Mormon faith, and his love for his wife and kids.
"The centerpiece of the president's campaign is attacking success. ... In America, we celebrate success, we don't apologize for it," he declared.
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quicklist: 4title: 'He Was a Groundbreaking Naval Aviator'text: Neil Armstrong, the Apollo 11 astronaut who died last weekend, was remembered Friday as a space pioneer, a reluctant hero and a man who bore with dignity the burden of being a national icon.
A private memorial service, in suburban Cincinnati not far from Armstrong's last home, was attended by family, longtime friends and fellow astronauts. Some of them spoke publicly or released statements before or after the service. Sen. Rob Portman, the Ohio Republican who counted Armstrong as a friend, delivered the eulogy, said NASA.
