Best One-Liners From The Candidates (so far...)

[rucky]

"Miserable Failure" - Gephardt
"Slap That Donkey!" - Sharpton
"Bush Lite" - Dean

yeah, those are the famous ones, but which ones are your favorites?

mine: "You know, the Statue of Liberty, the poem at the base, didn't say, 'Give me your tired, your poor, and we'll fingerprint them, we will take their picture and then we will deport them after we're finished getting their work.'" - Kucinich

[Tom Rinaldo]

1. Clark on an important difference between him and Bush: "I read". n/t

[redqueen]

2. White House: “2.6 Million New Jobs!”; Kucinich: “In Which Country?”

That's a recent one. He's got so many, it's hard to choose!

[anti-NAFTA]

3. "I'm a whore President"

By Curious George on Meet the Press.

[otohara]

28. LOL - Honorable Dishcharge

was my favorite mispeak, until you posted this

[IrateCitizen]

4. Or how about this new one from Dennis K?

"I hope that when the federal grand jury convenes," said Congressman Kucinich, "they will also subpoena a copy of the Bill of Rights. They may be surprised, and even shocked, at its contents."

Dennis Kucinch, speaking out against a grand jury probe on peaceful anti-war groups in Iowa.

[rucky]

5. *Kick* for more one-liners!

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

6. How about: "I'm electable if you vote for me"

DK, of course!

[NashVegas]

7. "we are no safer"

"with Saddam captured, etc."

runner up: YEEEEEEEAAAH!

[chocolateeater]

9. I agree

I like that line too. :)

[NashVegas]

10. I Have No Idea What You Mean

:D

thanks.

[poskonig]

8. DK -- Bush is looking for the WMD on mars

:kick:

[redqueen]

12. I wanted to post that one, but it's so loooong!

"You know, first of all, I've been wondering why the president would, while we're still in Iraq, talk about gong to the moon and going to Mars. Maybe he's looking for the weapons of mass destruction still."

KOOOOOOOCH!

[Zynx]

11. YEEAARRGGHH!!!

[Anwen]

17. Ahhh, you beat me to it!

:D

[Crunchy Frog]

13. A couple of good one liners from Clark.

"I'm not running to bash George Bush. A lot of Americans really love him. They love what he represents, a man who's overcome adversity in his life from alcoholism and pulled his marriage back together and moved forward."

"And as for me, I'm not attacking the president because he's attacking
terrorists. I'm attacking him because he isn't attacking terrorists."

[redqueen]

14. I absolutely LOVE that first one!

Thanks for posting it!

:D

[Nashyra]

15. Clark

"I've forgotten more about National Security than Bush ever knew'

[Tweed]

16. Darn, you took mine

:D Isn't that one great!

[redqueen]

18. ROFL!

That's a good one! :thumbsup:

[maddezmom]

24. that's my all time favorite

Go Wes!

[Anwen]

25. That is hysterical!!

It's so funny because I'm sure it's true!!! :D

[spooky3]

19. from Edwards

(speaking to heckler students holding Bush-Cheney signs at his rally) "hold those signs up, if you don't mind?" As the TV cameras focus on them, Edwards says, "That's who's LEAVING the White House!" to cheers.

[corporatewhore]

20. Buy American or its Bye Bye America-Dk and also when clark

or his aide went after tom"chicken hawk" delay any body have that quote so i can have it written in calligraphy and frame it
I hate Tom Delay
IHate Tom Delay

[Uzybone]

29. Clarks aides' qoute

The Clark campaign fired back.

"General Clark lives in a world where he believes that America will be stronger, safer and more secure if we are focused on winning the war against the terrorists, getting Osama bin Laden and working with our Allies," said Reid Cherlin, a Clark campaign strategist. "Wes Clark has seen real combat, given his blood for our country, and commanded troops in battle, which is why he believes we need to win the war on terrorism instead of declaring victory when we all know that the terrorists directly responsible for 9/11 are still out there at large."

"The closest to real combat that Tom 'Chicken-Hawk' DeLay has ever come was when he got himself a student deferment from Vietnam and instead suited up in his exterminator outfit and defended the people of Texas against invading cockroaches, marauding red ants and hostile moths," Cherlin continued, referring to DeLay's former pest-control business.

In 1999, DeLay tried to blame minorities for his lack of military experience. According to the Houston Press, DeLay described himself and former Vice-President Dan Quayle as "victims of an unusual phenomenon back in the days of the undeclared Southeast Asian war. 'So many minority youths had volunteered for the well-paying military positions to escape poverty and the ghetto that there was literally no room for patriotic folks like himself.' Satisfied with the pronouncement, which dumbfounded more than a few of his listeners who had lived the sixties, DeLay marched off to the convention."

[Crunchy Frog]

34. Another Clark aides' quote

Newsweek
Jan. 12 issue - Gen. Wesley Clark has never quite learned how to behave like a politician. Before Christmas, he was asked at a town meeting in Derry, N.H., how he would respond if President Bush or Clark's own Democratic rivals questioned his patriotism or military record. Failing to see that he was being followed by a television camera, he answered, "I'll beat the s—t out of them." Clark's aides later joked that the candidate should have put out an apology, acknowledging that he had misspoken—that what he really meant to say was, "I'll beat the living s—t out of them."

[bain_sidhe]

21. Sharpton:

And, you know, it's absurd to me for people to come and look at the people in South Carolina in the face and say, "It's an honor for your sons and daughters to go abroad and die for others. But it is a burden for rich people to pay their tax at home."

[DjTj]

22. Part of protecting America...

"Part of protecting America is protecting American jobs."

"Buy American? How about hire American?"

And come on, "The truth is, there are two Americas."

[charlie]

23. An annoyed Kucinich

brushing off questions from reporters about his low profile among voters:

"When you're five-six, five-seven, you always have a low profile."

[uleekunkel]

26. A good one from Kerry this morning

In response to Bush's prediction about new jobs in 2004:

"I've got a feeling this report was prepared by the same people who brought us the intelligence on Iraq," John Kerry said.

[hippywife]

27. This one will go down in history....

The Attorney General recently covered up a statue of Lady Justice showing her bosom as if to underscore there is no danger of justice exposing herself at this time, before this administration.

~Kucinich "Prayer for America" February 17th, 2002

[democracy eh]

30. Clark - on George Bush needing brothers as govenors in 50 states

if he hoped to win
very roughly paraphrased
an oldie but goodie

if anyone has the exact text throw it in

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32. another sharpie

'How can I kill a party that is already dead?'- Al Sharpton

nytimes 2/03

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

33. "We don't need slogans, we need solutions." - John Kerry

That's a slogan that'll get you elected!


First runner-up:

"I'm for more of everything."- Dick Gephardt


Second runner-up:

"We've built the largest grassroots campaign in history."- John Kerry