The 267 Stupidest Things Democrats Ever Said The 267 Stupidest Things Republicans Ever Said

A collection of quotes by Democratic politicians over the past decades. For ex.: We crossed paths. Are there pictures of us dancing on a bar together? No. I don't have that,Ó Sen. John Kerry on his run-ins with George W. Bush, a Yale classmate. Being pres. is like running a cemetery: You've got a lot of people under you, & nobody's listening,Ó Bill Clinton. Flip the book over & you will find a similar collect. of quotes by Repub. For ex.: What does an actor know about politics?,Ó Ronald Reagan, criticizing Ed Asner for opposing Amer. foreign policy. You can't be pres. of the U.S. if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial & the Civil War & all that stuff.Ó George Bush, to empl. of an insur. co. during the 1992 NH pres. primary.

A hilarious bipartisan collection of rants, malapropisms, doublespeak, and just plain idiocy from lifelong politicians and Washington wannabes. Whether it's a Republican mayor on crime -- "The streets are safe in Philadelphia. It's only the people who make them unsafe (Frank Rizzo) -- or his Democratic counterpart on the same subject -- "Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country" (Marion Barry) -- political discourse is often off-course, not to mention unintentionally hilarious. Wickedly funny when read from either direction, this book presents both Republican stupidity ("Approximately 80 percent of our air pollution stems from vegetation"-- Ronald Reagan) and matching head-slappers from Democrats ("For those who died [in the San Francisco earthquake], their lives will never be the same again" -- Barbara Boxer). The 267 Stupidest Things . . is the perfect antidote to election-year bombast.

A hilarious bipartisan collection of rants, malapropisms, doublespeak, and just plain idiocy from lifelong politicians and Washington wannabes. Whether it's a Republican mayor on crime -- "The streets are safe in Philadelphia. It's only the people who make them unsafe (Frank Rizzo) -- or his Democratic counterpart on the same subject -- "Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country" (Marion Barry) -- political discourse is often off-course, not to mention unintentionally hilarious. Wickedly funny when read from either direction, this book presents both Republican stupidity ("Approximately 80 percent of our air pollution stems from vegetation"-- Ronald Reagan) and matching head-slappers from Democrats ("For those who died [in the San Francisco earthquake], their lives will never be the same again" -- Barbara Boxer). The 267 Stupidest Things . . is the perfect antidote to election-year bombast.

A hilarious bipartisan collection of rants, malapropisms, doublespeak, and just plain idiocy from lifelong politicians and Washington wannabes. Whether it's a Republican mayor on crime -- "The streets are safe in Philadelphia. It's only the people who make them unsafe (Frank Rizzo) -- or his Democratic counterpart on the same subject -- "Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country" (Marion Barry) -- political discourse is often off-course, not to mention unintentionally hilarious. Wickedly funny when read from either direction, this book presents both Republican stupidity ("Approximately 80 percent of our air pollution stems from vegetation"-- Ronald Reagan) and matching head-slappers from Democrats ("For those who died [in the San Francisco earthquake], their lives will never be the same again" -- Barbara Boxer). The 267 Stupidest Things . . is the perfect antidote to election-year bombast.

Just in time for election season, political science professor and admitted political junkie Ted Rueter has compiled 449 stupid quotes, from Democrats and Republicans, drawn from a wide variety of sources, with full citations. Subjects include equality, mass transportation, aging, and hookers.

Ted Rueter panders to Republican party lines by collecting 370 oratorical guffaws credited to popular politicians. Categorized in alphabetical order and presented by subject topic, the quips include: Osama bin Laden: "[Osama bin Laden] is either alive and well or alive and not well or not alive." --Donald Rumsfeld Misunderestimation: "They misunderestimated me." --George W. Bush

Symposium held at Purdue Univ. in June 4-5, 2010.