"Don't Tase Me, Bro," a phrase that swept the nation after a U.S. college student used it seeking to stop campus police from throwing him out of a speech by Sen. John Kerry, was named Wednesday as the most memorable quote of 2007. That according to Fred R. Shapiro, the editor of the Yale Book of Quotations.
Second place went to the rambling answer by Lauren Upton, the South Carolina contestant in the Miss Teen America contest regarding why one-fifth of Americans are unable to locate the United States on a map. And third was Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's October comment at Columbia University in New York, "In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country."
4. "That's some nappy-headed hos there," Don Imus.
5. "I don't recall." -- Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' repeated response to questioning at a congressional hearing about the firing of U.S. attorneys.
6. "There's only three things he (Republican presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani) mentions in a sentence: a noun and a verb and 9/11." -- Sen. Joseph Biden, speaking at a Democratic presidential debate.
7. "I'm not going to get into a name-calling match with somebody (Vice President Dick Cheney) who has a 9 percent approval rating." -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat.
8. "(I have) a wide stance when going to the bathroom." -- Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig's explanation of why his foot touched that of an undercover policeman in a men's room.
9. "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man." -- Biden describing rival Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
10. "I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history." -- Former President Jimmy Carter in an interview in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper.
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wow, no lefty bias there :r... (Below threshold)1. Posted by G | December 20, 2007 1:31 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
wow, no lefty bias there :rolleyes:
1. Posted by G | December 20, 2007 1:31 PM |
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Posted on December 20, 2007 13:31
2. Posted by Stevie The K | December 21, 2007 3:31 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Wow, Biden's got two of the top ten.
Why is this guy not the leading Democrat candidate? He's clearly the most qualified, even without these quotes.
2. Posted by Stevie The K | December 21, 2007 3:31 PM |
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Posted on December 21, 2007 15:31