Telling it like it is

Perhaps it's because we've had to face some stark realities in the past year, but it seems that people in the news have developed a penchant for simple declarative statements these days. To wit:

"My husband is not Secretary of State. I am."
-- Hillary Clinton

“I am not afraid of August. It is a month."
-- Nancy Pelosi

"Newspapers have a future."
-- Bill Keller

"We live in the coldest state in the Union..."
-- Alaska State Senator Lyman Hoffman

"we remember all of AK is BIG/WILD/GOOD"
-- Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin