Line uttered by Larry King in reference to the monumental 2000 presidential election. The election itself was monumental due to the surprise success of the Green and Reform parties. This would become less surprising in hindsight however as the months leading up to the 2000 election would be marked by controversy and personal issues in the lives of Al Gore, who would go on an alcohol and grief fueled tirade against various conservative groups not long after the sudden death of his wife in a car accident. George Bush on the other hand would be arrested due to a hunting incident in which he accidentally shot another man who he had mistaken for a deer. These incidents would severely damage the reputation of both men, costing them both the election.
"While the fact that an ethnically Arabic man won the U.S. election is quite surprising in of itself, I feel the fact Asfour won at all was aided by the fact he is a Chaldean."
