The 25 Funniest Political Quotes of 2008

16. "According to expense reports, Sarah Palin charged the state of Alaska over $21,000 for her children to travel with her on official business. In fairness to Gov. Palin, when she leaves them home alone, they get pregnant." --Seth Meyers on Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update"

17. "Lisa Druck, or Rielle Hunter, says she enjoyed her affair with John Edwards but the sex got a little weird. He'd chase her around the room asking her to pretend to be an ambulance." --Ann Coulter

18. "A woman at a John McCain rally said that Barack Obama is an Arab. And McCain quickly corrected her. It was really awkward, because McCain had to tell her, 'Look, Governor Palin, you are wrong.'" --Jay Leno

19. "If he's the answer, then the question must be ridiculous." --New York Gov. David Patterson, on John McCain at his speech at the Democratic National Convention

20. "At a time of great crisis with mortgage foreclosures and autos, he says we only have one president at a time. I'm afraid that overstates the number of presidents we have. He's got to remedy that situation." --Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), calling on President-elect Obama to play a more significant role on economic issues

21. "If we were a dog food, they would take us off the shelf." --Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.), in a memo to colleagues about the problem with the Republican brand

22. "Senator McCain's not here. He probably wanted to distance himself from me a little bit. You know, he's not alone. Jenna's moving out too. Hillary Clinton couldn't get in because of sniper fire and Senator Obama's at church." --President Bush, in his comedy routine at the White House Correspondents' Dinner

23. "Now he tells us that he's the one who's gonna take on the old boys network. The old boys network? In the McCain campaign that's called a staff meeting. Come on!" --Barack Obama, about John McCain

24. "I've been sleeping like a baby. Sleep two hours, wake up and cry, sleep two hours, wake up and cry.'' --John McCain, talking to Jay Leno about his election loss

25. "I had a baby. I did some traveling; I very briefly expanded my wardrobe." --Sarah Palin, updating the Republican Governor's Association on what she'd been doing since last year's meeting

Bonus quote: "Let's be clear: None of these guys made me. This great nation made me. So vote for me. God bless America and forget these three idiots." --Mike Huckabee on the dispute between Conan O'Brien, Stephen Colbert, and Jon Stewart over who made Mike Huckabee

~Compiled by Daniel Kurtzman

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