[AgThorn]

Apparently these extracts from this webpage are from Ted Rueter's book which is available at Amazon. Thought it would be fun to add our own nostalgic references to this thread.

[Kerberos]

"Statistics show that teen pregnancy drops off significantly after age 25." --Mary Anne Tebedo (Colorado state senator, 1989-)

Ah, I would think it would drop off completly after age 19.

[Castro]

I love GW, but some of the his quotes on this page are funny. He should have Blair give him a course in effective elocution.

[Fraulein]

James Traficant's One-Minute Speeches, 1998

James Traficant's One-Minute Speeches, 2000

James Traficant's One-Minute Speeches, 2001

[billorites]

"We're the only nation in the world where all our poor people are fat."

I was out of the country last year for a while touring France (please don't hit me).

The first thing I noticed when I returned to the States and landed in Boston were all the fat people. Young fat people, old fat people, tons and tons of fat people...

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

"We have every mixture you can have. I have a woman, two Jews, and a cripple."

I believe Watt actually said, "a black, a woman, two Jews, and a cripple."

[knews_hound]

Reference Bump.

Cheers,

knews hound

[JoeSixPack1]

"The laws in this city are clearly racist. All laws are racist. The law of gravity is racist." --Marion Barry (former mayor of Washington, DC)

Well, Marion, that might be the only law you haven't broken yet!
Most don't get to break it twice. <--(pick your own reference):-)

[Fraulein]

Other gems:

"A zebra does not change its spots." -- Gore, attacking President Bush in 1992.

"When my sister and I were growing up, there was never any doubt in our minds that men and women were equal, if not more so." (NY Times, 08/12/00)

"I have a brother who's a drug adddict. I'm very proud of him" -- Clinton

"I didn't realize I was in a Buddhist temple." -- Gore

"Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, 'Thank God, I'm still alive.' But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again." -- Barbara Boxer

"You know the one thing that's wrong with this country? Everyone gets a chance to have their fair say." -- Clinton

"What we have are two important values in conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns and a healthy democracy. You can't have both." -- Gephardt

"We are the president." -- Hitlery

"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." -- Clinton

"We are ready for an unforeseen event that may or may not occur." -- Gore

[mommybain]

I hate to seem stupid, but aren't the links backwards up there? The link w/ the democrats statements is for repubs and vice versa....

[scan58]

"Is that little buggy going to drive by the place where they planted the flag?"

- Sheila Jackson-Lee while visiting the Mars Pathfinder Mission Control Center.

[Tribune7]

"We're the only nation in the world where all our poor people are fat."
--Phil Gramm (senator from Texas, 1985-)

Why is that stupid?

"The streets are safe in Philadelphia. It's only the people who make the unsafe."
--Frank Rizzo (mayor of Philadelphia, 1972-1980)

And why is that stupid? Anyway, Rizzo was Democrat as mayor.

[TC Rider]

"In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism." --Spiro Agnew (vice president, 1969-1973).

Wasn't that line written by Buchannon?

[TC Rider]

Jesse Jackson - "I deny the allegations, and I deny the alligator."

[Commiewatcher]

"What's down is up, and what's up is down" - Al Gore (You kind of need the video with it for fullest effect.)

"...the winners of life's lottery" - Dick Gephart referring to "the rich"