Phrases from My-Fellow Americans

In a banquet...

A How are you doing?
B Hello, Senator.
A Good to see you.
C Nice to have seen you.
D Mr. President, hello (C).
C What a lovely surprise.
C And how is my favorite television newsperson?
D I'm your favorite?
D I thought Diane Sawyer was your favorite
C She is. How is she?
D Ha Ha. Rumor has it a major scandal is about to blow...
D ... and it may involve you.
C No, not me, Kaye. My nose is clean.
D What I am hearing that in your last year in office you took a very generous..
D .it is lot a fee..for delivering a big defense contract.
D I'm just looking for a confirmation on that.
C Are you saying that I took a kickback?
...................
E Excuse me, got a minute?
F Looks like Haney's involved in this Kramer kickback story.
F But a defense contractor's prepared to say Kramer the guy paid off.
E Kramer. Then that's that. Case closed.
F No, it' s not. Our sources tell us Haney's shifting the blame.
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C Did you hear that?
G I did. It's a crock and we both know it.
C It's a kick in the ball. Sorry, sweetheart.
G I'm a politician's wife. I have a set of my own.