1) "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job." (George W. Bush)
2) "I did not have sex with that woman." (William J. Clinton)
3) "I am not a crook." (Richard M. Nixon)
4) "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." (John F. Kennedy)
5) "Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country." (Marion Berry)
6) "My belief is, we will in fact, be greeted as liberators." (Dick Cheney)
7) "It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues." (Abraham Lincoln)
8) "Yee-aargh!" (Howard Dean)
9) "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself." (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
10) "I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times." (Jimmy Carter)
11) "There's not a punk bone in my body." (Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton)
12) "They misunderestimated me." (George Bush)
13) "The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes." (Winston Churchill)
Do you have a favorite quote by a politician? Do tell--good, bad or ugly--even if it's not one on my list.
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"The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes." (Winston Churchill) love this one
Very good list! Did you know that in fact JFK was not the first president to say #4? The first pres to use that ringing sentence was Warren G. Harding.
#5 on your list still amazes me. One of my favorite political quotes is by Ronald Reagan: "Facts are stupid things."
I don't remember it exactly, but there was a politician who wrote to a local newspaper to correct a misquote. He had to tell them that he did not call another politician a 'squeeze bag', he'd called him a 'douche-bag'.
Nice List! One of my favorites is
"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."...Ronald Reagan. Happy T13!
Make sure you stop by Buck Naked Politics this week -- Damozel will LOVE this list!
It's a classic list. Scary, too. But also quite telling.
#2 still make me lol....great list. Happy TT.
Sometimes I misunderestimated him too. Hahahahaha!
"It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues." (Abraham Lincoln)
How true, how true.
Interesting (and depressing) list. Happy TT.
Nice list. I have to admit some of these are real growners
Terrific Thursday Thirteen!
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What an interesting list. Amazing too. I find my eyes permanently rolled up in my head at what politicians say, so I remember little but the eye strain! lol!
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#10 is such an oldie goldie!
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I like number 10 because I think it applies to many couples. I'm not saying it's right, just truthful.
Interesting list! And that number 2 still makes me LOL'ing:)
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That's an amazing list. Wish we'd thought of it!
We're not even a little political this week---we just have some fabulous photos (we can say it because we didn't take them)
Oh..I remember reading some of these comments...politicians..*sigh*..
I like n° 5, lol !
#12...is it any wonder?
number 5 really made me lol.
Now that was a great list! Thanks for putting it together.
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Thanks for the laugh this morning. (and a gentle reminder I'd better vote this election for someone who can do more intelligent quotes...)
Happy TT to you and have a great day...
Great list.
I'd add this one, from Joe Biden on Tuesday night:
"And the irony is, Rudy Giuliani, probably the most underqualified man since George Bush to seek the presidency, is here talking about any of the people here. Rudy Giuliani... I mean, think about it! Rudy Giuliani. There's only three things he mentions in a sentence -- a noun, a verb, and 9/11. There's nothing else! There's nothing else! And I mean this sincerely. He's genuinely not qualified to be president."
Best moment in the debate, I thought.
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5 maybe the stupidest thing said on this list.
Hey, those were good. Nice TT topic. :o)
Love #7, and #12 is hilarious! Great list! Happy TT!
I had to read and re-read #5! What a giggle!
I remember a lot of these quotes. That's a funny one by Marion Berry. George W. Bush is forever putting his foot in his mouth...poor dude.
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