Politicians Say the Dumbest Things

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"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country."

-Marion Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC.
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"I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president."

-Hillary Clinton, wife of President Bill Clinton, commenting on the release of subpoenaed documents.
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"That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I'm just the one to do it."

-A congressional candidate in Texas
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"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."

-Al Gore, Vice President
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"It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another."

-George Bush, President
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"I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix."

-Dan Quayle, Vice President
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"I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version."

-Colonel Oliver North, from his Iran-Contra testimony.
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"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."

-Bill Clinton, President
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"We are ready for an unforeseen event that may or may not occur."

-Al Gore, Vice President
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