The 10 silliest things ever said by politicians

Supafly

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1. “Queen Elizabeth Taylor.” – Thai Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa, referring to the Queen of England.

2. “In Iran, we don’t have homosexuals, like in your country." – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, referring to the USA while addressing Columbia University.

3. "I would never approach a small-breasted woman." – President Clinton, denying that he had sexually harassed Kathleen Willey.

4. “Life has become better, life has become more fun!” [«Жить стало лучше, жить стало веселее!»] Josef Stalin. The irony of this phrase is that he said it at the peak of mass repressions organized by him at the end of 1930s.

5. “I am not a communist and neither is the revolutionary movement.” – Fidel Castro. But he also said: “I am a Marxist-Leninist and I will be one until the last day of my life.”

6. "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." – Washington, D.C., August 5, 2004 – George W. Bush.

7. "This is a great day for France!" – President Richard Nixon at French President Charles de Gaulle's funeral.

8. "I've now been in 57 states – I think one left to go." – Barack Obama at a campaign event in Beaverton, Oregon.

9. “We are not without accomplishment. We have managed to distribute poverty equally.” – Nguen Co Thatch, Vietnamese Foreign Minister.

10. Senator John McCain in his presidential run: “I was in Germany over the weekend and President Putin of Germany gave one of the old Cold War speeches as he addressed the conference there.”

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"We were on the brink of an abyss, we made a big step forward !"
Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivory Coast president (1960-1993)
 
10 silliest?:cool: I was sure I would click the thread and see the first 15 attributed to GWB.
 

vodkazvictim

Why save the world, when you can rule it?
I don't understand - where are our British politicians?
Where's William "I can sink 18 pints a night." Hague?
Where's Tony "War with Iraq is justified." Blair?
Where's Stephen "What right has the public to tell me how to spend my money? NONE!" Byers (the public pays him and he did NOT provide service in return for that payment. Never forget - POLITICIANS WORK FOR YOU.)
Where's Jaqui "We will preserve N.H.S. jobs" Smith?
Where's Margaret "They made a film about me - the mummy" Thatcher?
 

ChefChiTown

The secret ingredient? MY BALLS


@1:00 :facepalm:

It's like the political equivalent of "I believe that our education like, such as in South Africa and, uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as...and I believe that they should...our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S."
 
"China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese."
Former French President Charles de Gaulle.

"Traditionally most of Australia's imports come from overseas."
Former Australian cabinet minister Keppel Enderbery.

"The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from red people."
James Rado.

"Put three Zionists in a room and they will form four political parties."
Levi Eshkol.

"I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming."
Jimmy Carter.

"It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another."

George Bush.

"I have opinions of my own - strong opinions - but I don't always agree with them."

George Bush.

"I wish Stanley Baldwin no ill, but it would have been much better if he had never lived"

Churchill on Stanley Baldwin

"An empty taxi arrived at 10 Downing Street, and when the door was opened, Atlee got out"

Churchill on Clement Atlee

"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country."
Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC.

"I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself."
Ronald Reagan

"What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?"
Marion Barry

"Now, like, I'm President. It would be pretty hard for some drug guy to come into the White House and start offering it up, you know?...I bet if they did, I hope I would say, 'Hey, get lost. We don't want any of that.''
George Bush, Sr., speaking to a group of students about drug abuse

"He can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth."

Former Texas Gov. Ann Richards on misstatements made by George Bush, Sr.

"I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people."
Dan Quayle

"Well, I learned a lot....I went down to (Latin America) to find out from them and (learn) their views. You'd be surprised. They're all individual countries"

Ronald Reagan

''The reason we start a war is to fight a war, win a war, thereby causing no more war.''
George W Bush

''For seven and a half years I've worked alongside President Reagan. We've had triumphs. Made some mistakes. We've had some sex... uh... setbacks.''
George Bush, Sr.
 

Jagger69

Three lullabies in an ancient tongue
GWB has become much more valuable to this nation since he left office:



And Wasilla Sarah of course:

 

vodkazvictim

Why save the world, when you can rule it?
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I wouldn't put this in my top 10 but what the hell. This is a British Classic. :1orglaugh



BRILLIANT.


Just a thought tho; shouldn't we forbid the posting of GWB in this thread? Otherwise the whole thread will just consist of him and I'm pretty sure we all bought the calendars.
 

Supafly

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Whoa guys, you sure step up the pace :)

Some genuine milestones there
 

LukeEl

I am a failure to the Korean side of my family
Abraham Lincoln: "Why do I have to go to this theater tonight?!"
 
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