I’m in list mode, apparently. I’ve been organizing myself – my desk, my priorities, my closet… It would seem, my random thoughts too! Quote-wise, 2008 was a great year. Feel free to send me your favorite. In the meantime, here are mine…
- “We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.” Barack Obama, 02/08
I know some people thought this was more Obama-as-Messiah rhetoric, but for me, it conveyed a message of both warning and empowerment. - “I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal.” George W. Bush
Poor old W. Even when he’s right, he’s wrong. - “Mr. Vice President, I have to inform you: You’re pants are on fire.” Jon Stewart, 6/08
He said this to the VP in an interview on the Daily Show, after Cheney claimed not to have said something he’d been filmed saying. (Shades of my pal, Blagojevich!) - “Barack, he’s talking down to black people. I want to cut his nuts off.” — Jesse Jackson
Yeah. Not Jesse’s finest moment. - “I can see Russia from my house.” Tina Fey as Sarah Palin, 09/08
An instantly recognizable comedic line, sort of like “Mission Accomplished.” Only, you know, different. - “He’s an… Arab.” Crazy-haired McCain supporter, 10/08
Stupid, yes, but not nearly as offensive as McCain’s implication that being Arab and being a decent family man are mutually exclusive. - “She is as off-putting and gross as a pageant contestant but without the desire for world peace.” Sarah Silverman, 10/08
Speaking of Sarah Palin on Countdown. - “In the future, if a gay person in California wants to get hitched, he’ll have to do it the way God intended, to Liza Minnelli.” Stephen Colbert, 11/08
Ah, to be a thought in Colbert’s head. - “If anybody wants to tape my conversations, go ahead…” Rod Blagojevich 12/08
He probably didn’t say it in December, but that’s when it came back to bite him. Very Gary Hartesque.
And, number 10? I’m cheating here. It’s from 2009. Yesterday, in fact… The boy came into the family room where I was less-than-gracefully trying out a new yoga DVD. He watched for a few seconds, listening to the voice-over say strange things in soothing tones, like this: “Breathe into the space your asana has provided.” Finally he said, perfectly mimicking the yogi’s tone and new-age inflection, “Now, breathe through you ears, and think with your ass.” It totally ruined the precarious balance of my asana, but it made my day.
I can’t find it now, but there was a Jon Stewart show where he was mimicking Dick Cheney trying to be empathetic to people in some disaster…
Jon’s quote, as he imitated Cheney, patting the head of some poor victim: “There, There Human.”
If someone finds the clip, I’d love to see it again.
Some others from 2008…
“I’ve now been in 57 states — I think one left to go.” —Barack Obama, Oregon 05/08
And lastly, I never heard this one before. The source was from the Jerusalem Post (I swear, it’s true…see source below)
“I’ll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office.” —George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., 5/12/2008
Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1209627067039
cmw
it’s too soon for me to enjoy bush-isms. maybe when i have grandchildren or great-grandchildren, i’ll be able to find more humor than pain in bush. but lucky for me, my son makes me laugh daily. here are three recent favorites quotes:
1) upon seeing a mobile of the planets hanging in the library: “look mommy, comet, cupid, donder, blitzen, saturn and earth”.
2) his instructions for using the toaster oven: “set this dial to 25, push this button and watch it burn.”
3) “because i’m beautiful!” his very emphatic answer to my question “why should i take you to the museum if you keep having tantrums this morning?”
jb, out of the mouths of babes! those quotes made my day! thanks!