Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts
Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Roberts, best known as Cokie Roberts, is an American journalist and author. She is a news commentator on contract to National Public Radio as well as a regular roundtable analyst for the current This Week With George Stephanopoulos. Roberts also works as a political commentator for ABC News, serving as an on-air analyst for the network...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNews Anchor
Date of Birth27 December 1943
CityNew Orleans, LA
CountryUnited States of America
I think it's a good thing to have a lot of voices in the media, and I think, you know, let all flowers bloom.
People came through. They all came together, they didn't worry about ratings, the stuff we spend way to much time worrying about. They became a community.
We were told we should not pay any attention to John Roberts views and religion and now we are told that opinions and religion do matter. I believe there is a degree of sexism here. . .and ivy league prejudice going on here.
There is such pleasure in long-term marriage that I really would hate to be my age and not have had a long-term marriage. Remember, sustaining a pleasurable, long-term marriage takes effort, deliberateness and an intention to learn about one another. In other words, marriage is for grown-ups.
But, the truth is and we can argue about whether this is right or not as long as we want to, but the fact is that women really do spend more time with their families. Until I can find a man who can tell me the dates of all of his nieces and nephews birthdays and get presents out to them regularly, I'm going to stay by that statement.
No matter what else they're doing, women are also always nurturing.
I mean it's - it is hard to find a voice on talk radio that is not a conservative voice.
Martha Washington. I think she's done herself a disservice in history with a little cap, you know? She looks like a namby-pamby little grandmotherly type, but she turned out to be a very strong woman.
Our civic society is really all we have by way of nationhood.
I've known Al Gore since he was born. He has been the best little boy, he was a boring child, and he has never done anything wrong.
Times do keep changing - thank God.
Women's roles are diminished for obvious reasons. It's the men whose names are on the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and who were generals and soldiers.
I always wanted children, but not until they were actually part of my life did I realize that I could love that fiercely, or get that angry.
Women rely on friends. ... That's where we draw sustenance and find safety. We can count on our women friends when we need a good laugh or a good cry.