You could make a novel out of stupid quotes just by George W. Bush and Dan Quayle. Some of my favorite stupid Dan Quayle quotes:
“The future will be better tomorrow.”
“I have made good judgements in the Past. I have made good judgements in the Future.”
“We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe.”
“[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system.”
“Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.”
“I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.”
“Mars is essentially in the same orbit... Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe.”
“The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century.”
“Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children.”
“For NASA, space is still a high priority.”
“Salvador is a democracy so it's not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in my conversations with Salvadorans... I have heard a single voice. “
“I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix”
“I want to be Robin to Bush's Batman.”
“If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure.”
“If you give a person a fish, they'll fish for a day. But if you train a person to fish, they'll fish for a lifetime.”
“It’s wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago.”
“The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroaching on each other.”
“The loss of life will be irreplaceable.”
“This President is going to lead us out of this recovery.”
“Tobacco exports should be expanded aggressively because Americans are smoking less.”
“Unfortunately the people of Louisiana are not racists.”
“Voters are like trees, if you are trying to build a forest. If you have more trees than you have forests, then at that point the pollsters will probably say you will win.”
"This isn't a man who is leaving with his head between his legs."
....among many more.
It's scary to think he was only one freak accident away from becoming the most powerful person in the world. (And then George W. Bush showed us what would happen if somebody that stupid really did get the position.)
Lets not forget what may be the all time biggest political blunder and dumbest thing ever said by a politician or somebody in power in "Let them eat cake." (Although the phrase was probably said by somebody before Marie Antoinette and shouldn't be attributed to her.)
“The future will be better tomorrow.”
“I have made good judgements in the Past. I have made good judgements in the Future.”
“We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe.”
“[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system.”
“Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.”
“I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.”
“Mars is essentially in the same orbit... Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe.”
“The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century.”
“Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children.”
“For NASA, space is still a high priority.”
“Salvador is a democracy so it's not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in my conversations with Salvadorans... I have heard a single voice. “
“I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix”
“I want to be Robin to Bush's Batman.”
“If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure.”
“If you give a person a fish, they'll fish for a day. But if you train a person to fish, they'll fish for a lifetime.”
“It’s wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago.”
“The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroaching on each other.”
“The loss of life will be irreplaceable.”
“This President is going to lead us out of this recovery.”
“Tobacco exports should be expanded aggressively because Americans are smoking less.”
“Unfortunately the people of Louisiana are not racists.”
“Voters are like trees, if you are trying to build a forest. If you have more trees than you have forests, then at that point the pollsters will probably say you will win.”
"This isn't a man who is leaving with his head between his legs."
....among many more.
It's scary to think he was only one freak accident away from becoming the most powerful person in the world. (And then George W. Bush showed us what would happen if somebody that stupid really did get the position.)
Lets not forget what may be the all time biggest political blunder and dumbest thing ever said by a politician or somebody in power in "Let them eat cake." (Although the phrase was probably said by somebody before Marie Antoinette and shouldn't be attributed to her.)
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