I would say only that if some of my
judgments were wrong and some were wrong
Napoleon once said in politics stupidity
is not a handicap these sound bites
don’t dispel that idea and I will tell
you it’s three agencies of government
when I get there that are gone commerce
education and the what’s the third one
there let’s see welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top ten dumb things said by
United States politicians it was an
obscene period in our nation’s history
no not our nation’s but in World War two
I mean we we all lived in this century I
did I didn’t live in this country
buttons in this century’s history for
this list we’re taking aim only at
American politicians elected to the
government of the people by the people
for the people and our calling them out
for their ignorant reckless
unintelligent and or illogical
statements and misstatements the things
that she says the things that she does
what it is that she represents but she’s
a perfect spokesperson if you want to
see if the star said anything equally
idiotic be sure to check out our video
of the top ten dumb things said by
celebrities so what’s this empty
nonsense about Ronald Reagan being just
an actor number ten trees cause more
pollution than automobiles Ronald Reagan
when you look into that camera in a
close-up you better be telling the truth
or that camera will reveal it it
probably came as a surprise to no one
familiar with Ronald Reagan’s
environmental policies that he’s no damn
dirty tree-hugging hippie on the
contrary Teflon Ron entered the office
of President in 1981
cynical of environmental causes and
unconvinced of their political
importance and therefore he
significantly reduced funding of the
Environmental Protection Agency even
with all that info critics were
blindsided when Reagan wrongly made the
assertion that trees pollute more than
cars
though he claimed to have been quoted
out of context whether it was sheer
ignorance or deliberate misinformation
Reagan’s ridiculous reference still
resonates in Republican thought today
they loved him beyond logic last year
they tried to elect his heir cut number
nine I really do not have an economic
recovery package five hundred million
Americans lose their jobs Nancy Pelosi
first off Nancy Pelosi is a dingbat this
prominent Democrat must have flunked
math or at the very least she forgot to
do a quick and simple calculation before
delivering this statistic in a press
conference Pelosi made this slip of the
tongue in 2009 while she was the house
speaker trying to drum up support for
President Barack Obama’s significant
stimulus package you can raise taxes on
guys like me yeah guys like me make
millions of dollars a year let’s do a
quick math rundown on this one shall we
Pelosi claimed five hundred million
Americans would lose their jobs every
month if the package were not approved
single-payer single-payer say hey there
are 300 million Americans in the US and
prior to the 2008 financial meltdown
about half of them were working Pelosi
may have had to stay behind after
Congress to redo her homework I do think
the House of Representatives at this
time is an unsafe place for children and
other living things
number 8 life is indeed precious and I
believe the death penalty helps to
affirm that fact Ed Koch so what so what
so what
mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989
this liberal stalwart often deviated
from the party line and his Democratic
party colleagues it’s all part of being
mayor
the secret is to enjoy it
this was perhaps never more clear than
in 1985 when he wrote an essay entitled
death and justice how capital punishment
affirms life though it definitely
sparked debate
Koch’s declaration infuriated many of
the era’s top progressive minds even
though he was echoing the feelings of
many Americans who supported capital
punishment but you can see where they
get confused killing people who kill
people to show people that killing
people is wrong could be considered
oxymoronic at best I’m going to now take
a short recess and I will be back number
seven the binders full of women gaffe
MIT Romney in what new ways do you
intend to rectify the inequalities in
the workplace specifically regarding
females making only 72 percent of what
their male counterparts earn picture
this it’s the second debate of the 2012
US presidential election between
incumbent President Barack Obama and
Republican nominee Mitt Romney Romney
has asked how he deal with equal pay and
gender inequality in America his
response where he outlines that he keeps
female and male job applications
separate adds fuel to arguments that
Romney and the GOP are sexist I went to
a number of women’s groups and said can
you help us find folks and they brought
us whole binders full of women within
minutes backlash on Facebook Twitter and
Tumblr spawns memes depicting MIT as an
elitist male with old-fashioned ideas
about women’s rights the debate debacle
not only put Romney’s and the gops
gender track record in the spotlight but
also brought women’s issues front and
center in general I think Governor
Romney maybe hasn’t spent enough time
looking at how our military works you
mentioned the Navy for example and then
we have fewer ships than we did in 1916
well governor we also have fewer horses
and bayonets because the nature of our
military’s changed we had these things
called aircraft carriers where planes
land on them number six if Lincoln were
alive today he’d be turning over in his
grave Gerald Ford in this I dare not
depend upon my personal sympathy has a
long time
friend of the former president nor my
professional judgment as a lawyer less
than a month after being sworn in as
president
Gerald Ford granted Richard Nixon a full
pardon for his involvement in the
Watergate scandal I would say only that
if some of my judgments were wrong and
some were wrong that’s one reason why
this quote regarding that scandal seemed
paradoxical but beyond that it’s just a
dumb thing to say
Ford dragged a dead president from his
grave and then put him back in it
it was hyperbole and an unintelligent
statement that did nothing but add fire
to America’s biggest scandal involving a
living president fYI this quote appears
in a book of bad English quotes entitled
anguished English I must admit that many
of them do not look at all the same as
the hypothetical questions that I have
answered freely number five gotta stand
with our North Korean allies were bound
to pipe by trees where are you bound by
yeah Sarah Palin
follow me
a gaffe machine second possibly only to
george w bush this former Alaska
governor faced several obstacles when
she was campaigning for VP in 2008
alongside fellow maverick John McCain
not the least of which was her own mouth
Palin was asked by Glenn Beck how she’d
handle a conflict in North Korea her
response may have angered the u.s.
defense and state departments as well as
South Koreans given the fact that the
South is America’s closest ally and the
North perhaps America’s last true enemy
it’s funny that a comment like that was
kind of made to Karen I don’t know you
know Reuters yeah mocked I guess that’s
the word yeah Palin’s statement was
either another painful palin geography
slip-up or part of a liberal conspiracy
that manipulated glenn beck into putting
this gotcha question to palin to
undermine the right wing patriot
movement i believe that diplomacy should
be the cornerstone of any foreign policy
and I can see Russia from my house
number four I took the initiative and
creating the Internet Al Gore in this
1999 CNN video Wolf Blitzer interviews
Vice President Al Gore in a way Gore was
being interviewed for a job it just so
happens that job was President of the
United States in many job interviews
people over exaggerated past
achievements and sometimes those answers
are so dumb you wish you could take them
back now while we feel fairly confident
that what Gore meant was that he was a
key factor in terms of the advancement
of economic and legislative aspects of
the internet which is true and not that
eat outright invented the thing this is
still pretty awkward
luckily for Gore Americans fall into a
coma whenever he addresses the nation so
most people probably miss this body
language makes a difference than debate
between Al Gore and George W Bush as
well gore size over and over again and
Bush the underdog surprises by winning
the debate and of course the election
number three if it’s a legitimate rape
uh the female body has ways to try to
shut that whole thing down Todd akin
one of the things that I love about this
country is the fact that Americans do
consider life really important Todd akin
had everything going for him in 2012
he’d won the Missouri Republican state
primary against some fierce competitors
and looked poised to go places but on
the campaign trail he made one fatal
mistake akin was asked about his
abortion policy a hot-button issue to be
sure Eakins inexplicable response which
he has since reiterated was not a
misstatement but his true belief
basically outlined that the female
uterus magically prevents unwanted
pregnancy after rape even more akin was
grilled for using the qualifier
legitimate to describe such rapes as if
it had to pass a was sheer wasn’t she
asking for a test the damage was done
what he said was I used the wrong word
but I said legitimate right what I meant
was forcible because that’s the word
Paul Ryan used they nobody ever refuted
the other part the part about the
magical set aside number two well when
the president does it that means that it
is not illegal Richard Nixon by
definition exactly when reliving the
blunders of American politicians one
name stands out
Nixon his Watergate scandal scarred the
political scene for years and caused him
to become the first and so far only u.s.
president to resign I have never been a
quitter
to leave office before my term is
completed is abhorrent to every instinct
in my body
Nixon fell victim to the terrors of
technology and the media multiple times
during his career whether it was on TV
or through pesky tape recordings but
Nixon’s goofiest gaffe came after he’d
stepped down during 1977 s famous frost
Nixon interviews the disgraced former
President evidently slipped up and
answered David Frost’s question on
national security by declaring that the
president is above the law and he wanted
us to believe that he was not a crook no
there no there will be no picture
no after the broadcast you’ve taken your
picture did you take one just now that’s
it
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable or in this case
this honorable mentions
[Music]
you
[Music]
I was aware that an agreement was
reached the word settlement versus the
word agreement you know I’m not sure
what they called it it depends upon what
the meaning of the word is yeah number
one everything he’s ever said george w
bush just seemed like i was here
yesterday i was everything’s bigger in
Texas and nothing’s bigger than the list
of Bush juniors gaps our enemies are
innovative and resourceful and so are we
they never stopped thinking about new
ways to harm our country and our people
and neither do we
son of President George HW Bush this
43rd president pushed the English
language to terrifying new frontiers
with his myriad Bush isms the best way
to defeat this enemy in the long run is
to deny him the recruiting tools that
our men recruited myths mate cabled made
possible by he’s credited with coining
new terms and expressions many of which
were subsequently lampooned by the likes
of Jon Stewart and Saturday Night Live
first I met Putin steered ride to his
eyes through his eyes into the back of
his skull and he said what’s up why are
you looking at me like that and I just
said staring into your soul that makes
me think do you ever use that as a
diplomatic strategy creeping out on
purpose other world leaders and all the
questions about whether or not our
children is learning statements on how
his opponents had misunderestimated him
and assertions that fish are our friends
were just the icing on the cake I know
the human being and fish can coexist
peacefully often caught with his foot in
his mouth or the odd shoe in his face
Bush is a Saudi oil well of dumb
political jokes don’t mess with Texas
there’s an old saying in Tennessee I
know it’s in Texas probably Tennessee
I said fool me once shame on shame on
you it fool me can’t get fool again
do you agree with our list which dumb
political quote deserve dimension oops
for more blunder full top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com afraid you’ll catch me
picking my nose
[Music]
judgments were wrong and some were wrong
Napoleon once said in politics stupidity
is not a handicap these sound bites
don’t dispel that idea and I will tell
you it’s three agencies of government
when I get there that are gone commerce
education and the what’s the third one
there let’s see welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top ten dumb things said by
United States politicians it was an
obscene period in our nation’s history
no not our nation’s but in World War two
I mean we we all lived in this century I
did I didn’t live in this country
buttons in this century’s history for
this list we’re taking aim only at
American politicians elected to the
government of the people by the people
for the people and our calling them out
for their ignorant reckless
unintelligent and or illogical
statements and misstatements the things
that she says the things that she does
what it is that she represents but she’s
a perfect spokesperson if you want to
see if the star said anything equally
idiotic be sure to check out our video
of the top ten dumb things said by
celebrities so what’s this empty
nonsense about Ronald Reagan being just
an actor number ten trees cause more
pollution than automobiles Ronald Reagan
when you look into that camera in a
close-up you better be telling the truth
or that camera will reveal it it
probably came as a surprise to no one
familiar with Ronald Reagan’s
environmental policies that he’s no damn
dirty tree-hugging hippie on the
contrary Teflon Ron entered the office
of President in 1981
cynical of environmental causes and
unconvinced of their political
importance and therefore he
significantly reduced funding of the
Environmental Protection Agency even
with all that info critics were
blindsided when Reagan wrongly made the
assertion that trees pollute more than
cars
though he claimed to have been quoted
out of context whether it was sheer
ignorance or deliberate misinformation
Reagan’s ridiculous reference still
resonates in Republican thought today
they loved him beyond logic last year
they tried to elect his heir cut number
nine I really do not have an economic
recovery package five hundred million
Americans lose their jobs Nancy Pelosi
first off Nancy Pelosi is a dingbat this
prominent Democrat must have flunked
math or at the very least she forgot to
do a quick and simple calculation before
delivering this statistic in a press
conference Pelosi made this slip of the
tongue in 2009 while she was the house
speaker trying to drum up support for
President Barack Obama’s significant
stimulus package you can raise taxes on
guys like me yeah guys like me make
millions of dollars a year let’s do a
quick math rundown on this one shall we
Pelosi claimed five hundred million
Americans would lose their jobs every
month if the package were not approved
single-payer single-payer say hey there
are 300 million Americans in the US and
prior to the 2008 financial meltdown
about half of them were working Pelosi
may have had to stay behind after
Congress to redo her homework I do think
the House of Representatives at this
time is an unsafe place for children and
other living things
number 8 life is indeed precious and I
believe the death penalty helps to
affirm that fact Ed Koch so what so what
so what
mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989
this liberal stalwart often deviated
from the party line and his Democratic
party colleagues it’s all part of being
mayor
the secret is to enjoy it
this was perhaps never more clear than
in 1985 when he wrote an essay entitled
death and justice how capital punishment
affirms life though it definitely
sparked debate
Koch’s declaration infuriated many of
the era’s top progressive minds even
though he was echoing the feelings of
many Americans who supported capital
punishment but you can see where they
get confused killing people who kill
people to show people that killing
people is wrong could be considered
oxymoronic at best I’m going to now take
a short recess and I will be back number
seven the binders full of women gaffe
MIT Romney in what new ways do you
intend to rectify the inequalities in
the workplace specifically regarding
females making only 72 percent of what
their male counterparts earn picture
this it’s the second debate of the 2012
US presidential election between
incumbent President Barack Obama and
Republican nominee Mitt Romney Romney
has asked how he deal with equal pay and
gender inequality in America his
response where he outlines that he keeps
female and male job applications
separate adds fuel to arguments that
Romney and the GOP are sexist I went to
a number of women’s groups and said can
you help us find folks and they brought
us whole binders full of women within
minutes backlash on Facebook Twitter and
Tumblr spawns memes depicting MIT as an
elitist male with old-fashioned ideas
about women’s rights the debate debacle
not only put Romney’s and the gops
gender track record in the spotlight but
also brought women’s issues front and
center in general I think Governor
Romney maybe hasn’t spent enough time
looking at how our military works you
mentioned the Navy for example and then
we have fewer ships than we did in 1916
well governor we also have fewer horses
and bayonets because the nature of our
military’s changed we had these things
called aircraft carriers where planes
land on them number six if Lincoln were
alive today he’d be turning over in his
grave Gerald Ford in this I dare not
depend upon my personal sympathy has a
long time
friend of the former president nor my
professional judgment as a lawyer less
than a month after being sworn in as
president
Gerald Ford granted Richard Nixon a full
pardon for his involvement in the
Watergate scandal I would say only that
if some of my judgments were wrong and
some were wrong that’s one reason why
this quote regarding that scandal seemed
paradoxical but beyond that it’s just a
dumb thing to say
Ford dragged a dead president from his
grave and then put him back in it
it was hyperbole and an unintelligent
statement that did nothing but add fire
to America’s biggest scandal involving a
living president fYI this quote appears
in a book of bad English quotes entitled
anguished English I must admit that many
of them do not look at all the same as
the hypothetical questions that I have
answered freely number five gotta stand
with our North Korean allies were bound
to pipe by trees where are you bound by
yeah Sarah Palin
follow me
a gaffe machine second possibly only to
george w bush this former Alaska
governor faced several obstacles when
she was campaigning for VP in 2008
alongside fellow maverick John McCain
not the least of which was her own mouth
Palin was asked by Glenn Beck how she’d
handle a conflict in North Korea her
response may have angered the u.s.
defense and state departments as well as
South Koreans given the fact that the
South is America’s closest ally and the
North perhaps America’s last true enemy
it’s funny that a comment like that was
kind of made to Karen I don’t know you
know Reuters yeah mocked I guess that’s
the word yeah Palin’s statement was
either another painful palin geography
slip-up or part of a liberal conspiracy
that manipulated glenn beck into putting
this gotcha question to palin to
undermine the right wing patriot
movement i believe that diplomacy should
be the cornerstone of any foreign policy
and I can see Russia from my house
number four I took the initiative and
creating the Internet Al Gore in this
1999 CNN video Wolf Blitzer interviews
Vice President Al Gore in a way Gore was
being interviewed for a job it just so
happens that job was President of the
United States in many job interviews
people over exaggerated past
achievements and sometimes those answers
are so dumb you wish you could take them
back now while we feel fairly confident
that what Gore meant was that he was a
key factor in terms of the advancement
of economic and legislative aspects of
the internet which is true and not that
eat outright invented the thing this is
still pretty awkward
luckily for Gore Americans fall into a
coma whenever he addresses the nation so
most people probably miss this body
language makes a difference than debate
between Al Gore and George W Bush as
well gore size over and over again and
Bush the underdog surprises by winning
the debate and of course the election
number three if it’s a legitimate rape
uh the female body has ways to try to
shut that whole thing down Todd akin
one of the things that I love about this
country is the fact that Americans do
consider life really important Todd akin
had everything going for him in 2012
he’d won the Missouri Republican state
primary against some fierce competitors
and looked poised to go places but on
the campaign trail he made one fatal
mistake akin was asked about his
abortion policy a hot-button issue to be
sure Eakins inexplicable response which
he has since reiterated was not a
misstatement but his true belief
basically outlined that the female
uterus magically prevents unwanted
pregnancy after rape even more akin was
grilled for using the qualifier
legitimate to describe such rapes as if
it had to pass a was sheer wasn’t she
asking for a test the damage was done
what he said was I used the wrong word
but I said legitimate right what I meant
was forcible because that’s the word
Paul Ryan used they nobody ever refuted
the other part the part about the
magical set aside number two well when
the president does it that means that it
is not illegal Richard Nixon by
definition exactly when reliving the
blunders of American politicians one
name stands out
Nixon his Watergate scandal scarred the
political scene for years and caused him
to become the first and so far only u.s.
president to resign I have never been a
quitter
to leave office before my term is
completed is abhorrent to every instinct
in my body
Nixon fell victim to the terrors of
technology and the media multiple times
during his career whether it was on TV
or through pesky tape recordings but
Nixon’s goofiest gaffe came after he’d
stepped down during 1977 s famous frost
Nixon interviews the disgraced former
President evidently slipped up and
answered David Frost’s question on
national security by declaring that the
president is above the law and he wanted
us to believe that he was not a crook no
there no there will be no picture
no after the broadcast you’ve taken your
picture did you take one just now that’s
it
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable or in this case
this honorable mentions
[Music]
you
[Music]
I was aware that an agreement was
reached the word settlement versus the
word agreement you know I’m not sure
what they called it it depends upon what
the meaning of the word is yeah number
one everything he’s ever said george w
bush just seemed like i was here
yesterday i was everything’s bigger in
Texas and nothing’s bigger than the list
of Bush juniors gaps our enemies are
innovative and resourceful and so are we
they never stopped thinking about new
ways to harm our country and our people
and neither do we
son of President George HW Bush this
43rd president pushed the English
language to terrifying new frontiers
with his myriad Bush isms the best way
to defeat this enemy in the long run is
to deny him the recruiting tools that
our men recruited myths mate cabled made
possible by he’s credited with coining
new terms and expressions many of which
were subsequently lampooned by the likes
of Jon Stewart and Saturday Night Live
first I met Putin steered ride to his
eyes through his eyes into the back of
his skull and he said what’s up why are
you looking at me like that and I just
said staring into your soul that makes
me think do you ever use that as a
diplomatic strategy creeping out on
purpose other world leaders and all the
questions about whether or not our
children is learning statements on how
his opponents had misunderestimated him
and assertions that fish are our friends
were just the icing on the cake I know
the human being and fish can coexist
peacefully often caught with his foot in
his mouth or the odd shoe in his face
Bush is a Saudi oil well of dumb
political jokes don’t mess with Texas
there’s an old saying in Tennessee I
know it’s in Texas probably Tennessee
I said fool me once shame on shame on
you it fool me can’t get fool again
do you agree with our list which dumb
political quote deserve dimension oops
for more blunder full top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com afraid you’ll catch me
picking my nose
[Music]
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