Originally Posted By alexbook Here's a selection of the dumbest U.S. political quotes of the year 2008, as chosen by about.com: 25. "I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office." —-George W. Bush, May 12 24. "I've now been in 57 states — I think one left to go." -—Barack Obama, May 9 23. The V.P. is "in charge of the U.S. Senate so if they want to they can really get in there with the senators and make a lot of good policy changes that will make life better for Brandon and his family and his classroom." -—Sarah Palin, Oct. 21 22. "There was an energy bill on the floor of the Senate loaded down with goodies, billions for the oil companies, and it was sponsored by Bush and Cheney. You know who voted for it? You might never know. That one." -—John McCain, referring to Obama, Oct. 7 21. "Stand up, Chuck, let 'em see ya." -—Joe Biden, to Missouri state Sen. Chuck Graham, who is in a wheelchair, Sept. 12 20. "When I was in college, we used to take a popcorn popper, because that was the only thing they would let us use in the dorm, and we would fry squirrels in a popcorn popper in the dorm room." —Mike Huckabee, Jan. 16 19. "See, Barack's been talking down to black people on this faith-based... I want to cut his nuts off." —Jesse Jackson, July 6 18. "We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California." -—Hillary Clinton, rejecting calls to drop out of the race, May 23 17. "I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody." -—Barack Obama, to Joe the Plumber, Oct. 12 16 (tie). "So?" -—Dick Cheney, in response to a question about a poll showing that most Americans do not believe the Iraq War was worth fighting, March 19 "So what?" –-George W. Bush, in response to the statement that Al Qaeda wasn't a threat in Iraq until after the U.S. invaded, Dec. 14 15. "For the first time in my adult lifetime I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change." -—Michelle Obama, Feb. 18 14. "You know, I think you may have noticed that Senator Obama's supporters have been saying some pretty nasty things about Western Pennsylvania lately. And you know, I couldn't agree with them more. I couldn't disagree with you. I couldn't agree with you more than the fact that Western Pennsylvania is the most patriotic, most God-loving, most, most patriotic part of America, and this is a great part of the country." —John McCain, Oct. 21 13. "Make it a hundred...That would be fine with me." -–John McCain, asked if he supported keeping U.S. troops in Iraq for 50 years, Jan. 3 12. "We have sort of become a nation of whiners." -—Phil Gramm, July 9 11. "Can I explain to you what happened? First of all it happened during a period after she was in remission from cancer." -—John Edwards, Aug. 8 10. "I think — I'll have my staff get to you. It's condominiums where — I'll have them get to you." -—John McCain, asked how many houses he and his wife own, Aug. 20 9. "Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be vice president of the United States of America. Quite frankly, it might have been a better pick than me." -—Joe Biden, Sept. 10 8. "We believe that the best of America is not all in Washington, D.C. ... We believe that the best of America is in these small towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard working very patriotic, um, very, um, pro-America areas of this great nation." -—Sarah Palin, Oct. 16 7. "Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter." –-George W. Bush, to Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy, July 10 6. "It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations." -–Barack Obama, April 11 5. "Well, let's see. There's — of course in the great history of America there have been rulings that there's never going to be absolute consensus by every American, and there are those issues, again, like Roe v. Wade, where I believe are best held on a state level and addressed there. So, you know, going through the history of America, there would be others but —" -—Sarah Palin, asked to name two Supreme Court decisions she disagreed with, Oct. 1 4. "I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base." -–Hillary Clinton 3. "As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where– where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border." -—Sarah Palin, Sept. 24 2. "I'm just not giving it up for [expletive] nothing. I'm not gonna do it. And, and I can always use it. I can parachute me there." ...and... "Give this [expletive] Obama his senator? [Expletive] him. For nothing. [Expletive] him." —Rod Blagojevich 1. "Our economy, I think, is still — the fundamentals of our economy are strong." -—John McCain, Sept. 15 <a href="http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/stupidquotes/a/dumbquotes2008.htm" target="_blank">http://politicalhumor.about.co...2008.htm</a>
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan "We've got them right where we want them!" -- John McCain, Oct. 13, 2008
Originally Posted By vbdad55 now I'm really depressed at the state of 'leadership' in this country...
Originally Posted By alexbook Here's a fun one: "I have to tell you, you know, it's part of reporting this case, this election, the feeling most people get when they hear Barack Obama's speech. My, I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don't have that too often. No, seriously. It's a dramatic event. He speaks about America in a way that has nothing to do with politics. It has to do with the feeling we have about our country. And that is an objective assessment." --Chris Matthews, Feb. 12
Originally Posted By ecdc Yeah, poor Chris Matthews. I know what he was trying to convey. Any political watcher, regardless of personal politics, was excited by Obama because it was something new. But Matthews will be living with that "up my leg" comment for the rest of his life.
Originally Posted By alexbook Follow-up on #20. Tim Russert asked Mike Huckabee what squirrel tasted like. Huckabee's answer: "It tastes like squirrel. It’s not the best thing in the world but, you know, when you go squirrel hunting, you've got to do something with those things.
Originally Posted By Mr X Unfortunately for all of us, 2008 isn't over yet (a little over 14 hours left on my end)... So I'm afraid about.com is premature. "Thank God for this appointment by Governor Blagojevich...my prayers have been answered." Congressman Bobby Rush, December 30, upon Blagojevich choosing to name a Senator to represent Illinois despite the fact that the Senate Democratic caucus has declared unanimously that they will not seat any candidate selected by the Governor.
Originally Posted By Mr X "I would ask you the not hang or lynch the appointee as you castigate the appointer and separate the appointee from the appointer," said Rush.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ see Jesse Jackson Sr rubs off on everyone here - they all start talking in riddles
Originally Posted By alexbook According to Forbes.com, a Treasury Department spokesperson was asked why the bailout was set at $700 billion, and responded: "It’s not based on any particular data point, we just wanted to choose a really large number."
