"That," the Mayor replied with a withering stare, "is the question of a fat man."

"I don't have to answer that question," the Mayor replied.

Asked how much training they would need, its Mayor replied: "What's the training required to hand a book out and stamp it?"

The Mayor replied that she had several children but he otherwise could provide few details.

The Mayor, he recalled, replied, "Just take lemon juice and lots of water."

"I endorsed you," replied the Mayor, in a quiet deadpan.

"If there was a group that is certainly not neglected," the Mayor replied, "it is the Jewish community."

Asked whether he would campaign for the change, the Mayor replied: "I don't know.

"This is a humiliating military order," the Mayor replied, and he has threatened to call off the celebrations if anyone touches the banner.

"There's a tremendous isolation that goes on in Washington," the Mayor replied.