LIST 77 8 Stupid Politician Quotes

 

1

“I am the commander, see? I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being the President. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation.” -President George W. Bush

2

“See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction.”
–President George W. Bush

3

“No President has ever done more for human rights than I have.”
–President George W. Bush

4

“We know there are known knowns: there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns: that is to say we know there are things we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don't know we don't know.”
–Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld

5

“Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.”
–Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld

6

Senator Rick Santorum (Republican - Pennsylvania): “In every society, the definition of marriage has not ever, to my knowledge, included homosexuality. That's not to pick on homosexuality. It's not, you know, man on child, man on dog or whatever the case may be. It is one thing. And when you destroy that you have a dramatic impact on the quality—”

Associated Press reporter: “I'm sorry, I didn't think I was going to talk about ‘man on dog’ with a United States Senator. It's sort of freaking me out.”

7

Regarding an invasion of Israel: “If Iraq came across the Jordan River…I would grab a rifle and get in the trench and fight and die.”
–former President Bill Clinton at a Jewish fundraiser, July 30, 2002

8

“I know a little bit about how White Houses work. I know somebody picked up a phone, somebody got on a computer, somebody sent an email, somebody called for a meeting, somebody in that White House probably under instructions from somebody further up the chain told the EPA: ‘Don't tell the people of New York the truth.’”
–Sen. Hillary Clinton, ostensibly talking about the Bush Administration covering up the health effects of the WTC collapse, but actually explaining how the executive branch really works images

Federal Investigative Priorities
Amount of time for the US government to announce an investigation into 9/11: five months

 

Amount of time for the US government to announce an investigation into two senior Bush Administration officials leaking the name of an undercover CIA operative: two and a half months

 

Amount of time for the US government to announce an investigation into the exposure of Janet Jackson's right breast for four seconds during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show: one day?