Nick Clooney
Nick Clooney
Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Clooneyis an American journalist, anchorman, and television host. He is the brother of singer Rosemary Clooney and the father of actor/director/producer, George Clooney...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGame Show Host
Date of Birth13 January 1934
CityMaysville, KY
CountryUnited States of America
cut feeling newsroom palm recognized repartee rough saw turned
When we saw the rough cut in May, I turned around and said, 'George, you got this one right,' ... That's the first newsroom I've recognized on the big screen. That's the first one I could look at and say, 'I've been there,' and had that feeling and that tension, that palm sweating, camaraderie, repartee -- all of that.
decided fellow ourselves tells
We decided that how we react to and treat those fellow mortals, wild and domestic, tells us more about ourselves than, perhaps, some of us want to know.
ultimately
The kind of Iraq that emerges from all of this is ultimately out of our hands.
cannot impose insurgents troops
No matter how many troops we have in place or how long they stay, we cannot impose a parliamentary democracy there any more than the insurgents can impose a theocracy.
nest
Our nest eggs, no matter how small, are safe.
mistake iraq would-be
Conventional wisdom holds that setting a timetable for getting American troops out of Iraq would be a mistake.