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Best Political Humor of 2005

The Year's Funniest Videos, Pictures, Parodies & Quotes

2005 Political Dot-Comedy Awards
Check out the winners of About.com's 6th annual awards competition saluting the year's best political humor.

The Funniest Pictures of 2005
View a slide show featuring the funniest pictures of 2005, including such gems as George Bush fishing in New Orleans, Tom DeLay grinning for his mugshot, Saddam Hussein in his tighty whities, plus other memorable doctored photos, cartoons, and parodies from a crazy political year.

The 25 Dumbest Quotes of 2005
#25: "I think with a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, you can't play, you know, hide the salami, or whatever it's called." --Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean, urging President Bush to make public Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers's White House records

The 25 Funniest Quotes of 2005
#9: "We have to fix it or Rumsfeld may never retire." --President Bush, on Social Security, at the 2005 Gridiron Dinner


The 25 Dumbest Media Quotes of 2005

#7: "You simply get chills every time you see these poor individuals...many of these people, almost all of them that we see are so poor and they are so black, and this is going to raise lots of questions for people who are watching this story unfold." --CNN's Wolf Blitzer, on New Orleans' hurricane evacuees

Top 10 Bushisms of 2005
#10: "It's totally wiped out. ... It's devastating, it's got to be doubly devastating on the ground." --turning to his aides while surveying Hurricane Katrina flood damage from Air Force One

The 25 Stupidest Quotes About Hurricane Katrina
#2: "What I'm hearing which is sort of scary is that they all want to stay in Texas. Everybody is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway so this (chuckle) – this is working very well for them." –Former First Lady Barbara Bush, on the hurricane evacuees at the Astrodome in Houston, Sept. 5, 2005

Top 10 Political Humor Videos of 2005
View the 10 funniest political humor videos of 2005, including funny spoofs by Will Ferrell, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, JibJab cartoons, and more.

The 10 Funniest Video Clips of 2005
Watch the 10 funniest video clips of 2005, including George W. Bush being thwarted by locked doors, Dick Cheney being heckled, Bob Novak freaking out on CNN, and other hilarious video clips.

Best Political Humor of 2004
Revisit the best political humor of 2004, including memorable parodies, cartoons, and quotes from the 2004 campaign trail.

More Year-End Funnies
Dave Barry's Year in Review (Tribune Media)
The Top Stories of 2005 (The Onion)
The Political Folly Awards of 2005 (TomDispatch)
Cartoons of the Year (Newsweek)
Quotes of the Year (Newsweek)
The 50 Most Loathsome People in America, 2005 (Buffalo Beast)
The 40 Most Obnoxious Quotes For 2005 (Right Wing News)
Best Notable Quotables of 2005 (Media Research Center)
Most Outrageous Statements of 2005 (Media Matters)
Highlights and Lowlights of 2005 (Molly Ivins)
2005: Things I Want To Forget (Arianna HUffington)
The Year in Media Errors & Corrections (Regret the Error)
Last Laugh 2005 (Comedy Central)

More 2005 'Best Of' Lists (Fimoculous)


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