| The 10 Dumbest Quotes of Campaign 2004 | ||||||||||
10) "Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country." --President George W. Bush (Watch video clip) 9) "I wish we lived in the day where you could challenge a person to a duel." --Sen. Zell Miller to Chris Matthews, during a contentious interview on "Hardball" following his GOP convention speech (Watch video clip) 8) "I'm up in the Senate most Tuesdays when they're in session. The first time I ever met you was when you walked on this stage tonight." --Vice President Dick Cheney to Sen. John Edwards during the vice presidential debate, despite the fact they had met on at least three previous occasions 7) "You said something I didn't say. Now shove it!" --Teresa Heinz Kerry, telling off a reporter 6) "Can we win? I don't think you can win it." --President George W. Bush, after being asked whether the war on terror was winnable 5) "You bet we might have." --Sen. John Kerry, asked if he would have gone to war against Saddam Hussein if he refused to disarm 4) "It's absolutely essential that eight weeks from today, on Nov. 2, we make the right choice, because if we make the wrong choice then the danger is that we'll get hit again and we'll be hit in a way that will be devastating from the standpoint of the United States." --Vice President Dick Cheney 3) "I actually did vote for the $87 billion, before I voted against it." --Sen. John Kerry, on voting against a military funding bill for U.S. troops in Iraq 2) "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." --President George W. Bush (Watch video clip) And the award for the Dumbest Quote of Campaign 2004:
"Go, balloons. I don't see anything happening. Go, balloons. Go, balloons. Go, balloons. Stand by, confetti. Keep coming, balloons. More balloons. Bring them. Balloons, balloons, balloons! More balloons. Tons of them. Bring them down. Let them all come. No confetti. No confetti yet. No confetti. All right. Go, balloons. Go, balloons. We're getting more balloons. All balloons. All balloons should be going. Come on, guys! Let's move it. Jesus! We need more balloons. I want all balloons to go. Go, confetti. Go, confetti. Go, confetti. I want more balloons. What's happening to the balloons? We need more balloons. We need all of them coming down. Go, balloons. Balloons. What's happening balloons? There's not enough coming down. All balloons! Why the hell is nothing falling? What the f--- are you guys doing up there? We want more balloons coming down. More balloons. More balloons." --Democratic Convention producer Don Mischer, overheard on CNN having an apoplectic seizure when the balloons failed to drop from the ceiling of the Fleet Center in Boston (Listen to audio clip) ~Compiled by Daniel Kurtzman Did we miss a dumb quote? Email it to politicalhumor@aboutguide.com Read the 10 Funniest Quotes of Campaign 2004 Related Links |
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