The 20 Stupidest Quotes of Campaign 2006

20. "If you are not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin." --Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Fla.) (Source)

19. "She's either Puerto Rican, or the same thing as Cuban, I mean they are all very hot. They have the, you know, part of the black blood in them and part of the Latino blood in them that together makes it." --California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, on California Assemblywoman Bonnie Garcia, the lone Latina Republican in the Legislature (Source) (Read more Schwarzenegger quotes)

18. "He has "a career of slavishly supporting the Republican Party." – House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, (D-MD) on Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, an African-American Republican running for Senate (Source)

17. "Hugo is a nice little Guatemalan man who is doing some painting for me ... in Virginia." --Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) (Watch video clip)

16. "God is the one who chooses our rulers." --Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Fla.), explaining why the separation of church and state is "a lie" (Source)

15. “Well, I'll take your questions... I'm not going to ask any of my supporters to leave.” –Rep. Tom Reynolds (R-NY), chairman of the House Republican Campaign Committee, surrounding himself with a phalanx of small children after the Mark Foley scandal broke, when a reporter asked if he would mind asking the children to leave so they could ask questions about an adult topic (Watch video clip)

14. "I think I'd just commit suicide." --Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), on the prospects of the Democrats taking back the Senate in November (Source)

13. "We have a lot of kids who don't know what works means. They think work is a four-letter word." --Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), speaking to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Source)

12. "We thank God for those young people that do it every day and every night --to fight this enemy that's a taxi cab driver in the daytime, but a killer at night." --Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) (Watch video clip)

11. "I still had a ham sandwich for lunch, and my mother made great pork chops." -Sen. George Allen (R-VA), on his Jewish heritage (Source)

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