Politicians say the dumbest things...

[CERuppel]

Without further ado:

• "I'm not against the blacks, and a lot of the good blacks will attest to that."
Former Arizona Gov. Evan Mecham



"I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years, either."
Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss.

• "That depends on what the definition of 'is' is."
President Bill Clinton in his deposition on the Monica Lewinsky case



• "This is a great day for France!"
President Richard Nixon at French President Charles de Gaulle's funeral



• "The president has kept all the promises he intended to keep."
George Stephanopolous, aide to Bill Clinton



• "For seven and a half years, I've worked alongside President Reagan. We've had triumphs. Made some mistakes. We've had some sex ... uh ... setbacks."
Then-Vice President George Bush, while campaigning to succeed Reagan



• "One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is "to be prepared."
Dan Quayle, vice president under George Bush



• "I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president."
Then-First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton on release of subpoenaed documents



• "Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life."
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah



• "I'm President of the United States, and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli."
President George Bush



• "I have learned from the mistakes I may or may not have made. When I was young and irresponsible, I was young and irresponsible."
President George W. Bush



• "If it were not for the strong support of the Jewish community for this war with Iraq we would not be doing this. The leaders of the Jewish community are influential enough that they could change the direction of where this is going, and I think they should."
Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va.



• "(Sen. Mark Mallory is) the only reason I might support the OhioReads program."
Ohio Rep. Tim Grendell, R-Chesterland



• "One could say that Osama bin Laden and these non-nation-state fighters with religious purpose are very similar to those kind of atypical revolutionaries that helped cast off the British Crown."
Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio



• "We need to Jew them down."
Ohio Sen. Doug White, R-Manchester


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[osprey4]

Thank goodness no one writes down all the things I say.

[Redwolf]

Ohhh, there's more.....much more. I think the translation error ones are the funniest. Like "I lust for the poles." and "I am a ham sandwich."

[willy_ph]

How about Jean Chretien, the Canadian Prime Minister and his famous "proof" speech.

"A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven."