The 40 Most Obnoxious Quotes of 2004

40) "Not only are we going to New Hampshire ... we're going to South Carolina and Oklahoma and Arizona and North Dakota and New Mexico, and we're going to California and Texas and New York! And we're going to South Dakota and Oregon and Washington and Michigan. And then we're going to Washington, D.C. to take back the White House, Yeeeeeaaaaaargh!" -- Howard Dean in the Iowa concession speech that proved to be the final nail in his campaign's coffin

39) "Clothing is wonderful, but let them go naked for a while, at least the kids. Water is necessary, and then generators, and then food, and then clothes." -- Teresa Heinz Kerry instructs volunteers packing donations for "hurricane relief efforts in the Caribbean".

38) "Go, balloons. Go, balloons. Go, balloons

 

I thought number thirty was a great quote and very appropriate. I use that line a lot.

fltsfshr

kind of fun looking back at some of the celebrity quotes now that the elections over.

 

I found this response to that incident really amusing, as well:

"There is no rule against obscene language by a vice president on the Senate floor. The senators were present for a group picture and not in session, so Rule 19 of the Senate rules -- which prohibits vulgar statements "unbecoming a senator" -- does not apply, according to a Senate official. Even if the Senate were in session, the vice president, though constitutionally the president of the Senate, is an executive branch official and therefore free to use whatever language he likes. "

 

I'm kind of missing Zell Miller's challenge of CNBC's Chris Matthews to a duel in that list.

http://homepage.mac.com/njenson/mp3/zellmiller.html

 

Michael Moore should move to South America and burn his passport. He should be much happier there.

 

[QUOTE=rjosey8385,Jan 4 2005, 09:40 AM] I found this response to that incident really amusing, as well:

"There is no rule against obscene language by a vice president on the Senate floor. The senators were present for a group picture and not in session, so Rule 19 of the Senate rules -- which prohibits vulgar statements "unbecoming a senator" -- does not apply, according to a Senate official. Even if the Senate were in session, the vice president, though constitutionally the president of the Senate, is an executive branch official and therefore free to use whatever language he likes. "

 

I can NOT help but wonder about the comments of the people that only saw three of the six "F's" in the on-line eye test. What else are they missing in the "fine print" and only seeing what they want to see?