Our nomination for “Quote of the Year” comes from the lonely press conference given by Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) last Friday, announcing his collapse on House Republicans’ attempt to block a two-month extension of the Payroll Tax Cut and unemployment benefits…
“Why not do the right thing for the American people even though it’s not exactly what we want?”
Those words, intentionally or not, seem to pretty much cut straight to the heart of the current state of the GOP in 2011, all in one smartly-packed nutshell (pun intended.)
Anyone have any other nominations for Quote of the Year?
“Oops” by Rick Perry during mental lockup at a debate.
“It was stupid” by Gov. Scott Walker this last Friday for his 20-minute phone call with a blogger posing as conservative financier David Koch.
http://vimeo.com/34150368 and
http://www.wisconsinwatch.org/2011/12/23/scott-walker-regrets-hes-had-a-few/
“Corporations are people, my friend.” Mitt Romney, 8/11/11.
Must admit, that one’s right up there, Eddie!
“I had the chance to fabricate something to topple the regime.” Curveball (Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi), 2/15/11.
“Well, first of all, there were a variety of reasons for the war, not simply WMD.” Donald Rumsfeld, 2/20/11.
“[9/11] allows us to celebrate Bush/Cheney for keeping us safe.†Frank Luntz, 9/9/11.
“Obama wants to talk about ‘I killed Osama bin Laden’. That is nice but stop stealing our money and spending it.” Grover Norquist, 11/22/11.
“If I hear a politician use the term ‘paying your fair share’ one more time, I’m going to vomit.” Tom Golisano, 12/20/11.
“Any ad which qoutes what I said on Sunday is a falsehood”
disgraced former speaker of the house newt
John Kyl’s office said, ‘his remark was not intended to be a factual statement…’ April, 2011 in reference to a ‘significant mistruth’ on the floor of the Senate.