The 25 Funniest Quotes of 2006

10) "[Mark Foley] spent most of his career protecting children from Internet stalkers. Turns out he was doing it so he could have them all to himself." --Jon Stewart (Read more Foley jokes)

9) "We all know what GOP means now. It means grope our pages." --Former Democratic Sen. Max Cleland, on the Mark Foley scandal

8) “To the vice president's credit, he did own up to it. On FOX News he said the fault was his, he can't blame anybody else. Boy, it's amazing, the only time you get accountability out of this administration is when they are actually holding a smoking gun." --Bill Maher

7) "Cheney's defense is that he was aiming at a quail when he shot the guy. Which means that Cheney now has the worst aim of anyone in the White House since Bill Clinton." --Jay Leno

6) “But here is the sad part -- before the trip Donald Rumsfeld had denied the guy's request for body armor." --David Letterman

5) "You know there are all these conspiracy theories that Dick runs the country, or Karl runs the country. Why aren't there any conspiracy theories that I run the country? Really ticks me off." --President Bush, at the 2006 Gridiron Dinner (Read more)

4) "Ladies and gentlemen, I feel chipper tonight. I survived the White House shake-up." --President Bush, at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association dinner (Read more)

3) "Well, I really think he shatters the myth of white supremacy once and for all." --Rep. Charlie Rangel, when asked what he thought about President Bush (View picture)

2) "Of course, now Senator Kerry says he was just making a joke, and he botched it up. I guess we didn't get the nuance. He was for the joke before he was against it." --Vice President Dick Cheney, on John Kerry’s botched joke about U.S. troops getting stuck in Iraq

1) "I stand by this man because he stands for things. Not only for things, he stands on things. Things like aircraft carriers, and rubble, and recently flooded city squares. And that sends a strong message that no matter what happens to America she will always rebound with the most powerfully staged photo-ops in the world." --Comedian Stephen Colbert, roasting Bush at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner (Read more)