Thirteen Things about Jenny Ryan
1. “I think we can agree. The past is over.”-George W. Bush
2. “A zebra cannot change its spots.” -Al Gore
3. “It isn’t pollution that’s harming the environment. It’s the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.” -Dan Quayle
4. “If we don’t succeed, we run the risk of failure.” -Bill Clinton
5. “There is a mandate to impose a voluntary return to traditional values.” -Ronald Reagan
6. “I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases of oral-genital intimacy, unless it has in some way obstructed interstate commerce.” -J. Edgar Hoover
7. “I’m running for president of the United States because I believe that-with strong leadership-America’s days will always lie ahead of us. Just as they lie ahead of us now.” -Bob Dole
8. “If I seem unduly clear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said.” -Alan Greenspan
9. “For seven and a half years I’ve worked alongside President Reagan. We’ve had triumphs. Made some mistakes. We’ve had some sex…uh…setbacks.” -George H.W. Bush
10 “Democracy used to be a good thing, but now it has gotten into the wrong hands.” -Jesse Helms
11. “Capital punishment is our society’s recognition of the sanctity of human life.” -Orrin G. Hatch
12+. “What we have here is an egregemous miscarriagement of taxitude.”
“I’m providing you with a copulation of answers to several questions raised…”
“The contagious people of Washington have stood firm against diversity during this long period of increment weather.”
“What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?”
“Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.”
-Marion Barry, former mayor of Washington, D.C.
From 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said, ed. by Steven D. Price
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Thank you for the giggle this morning. Have a great weekend. Cheers.
Awesome list! So many things tcomment about here but since im short on time, i gotta tell you, the image of oral-genital contact blocking interstate commerce? Is that what happens when those ladies disappear into the semi trucks at the rest stops? Happy TT!
Great quotes! Thank goodness they do have speech writers, I fear what they would say all on their own if allowed. Have a great Thursday.
That George Sr. one is a riot. Thanks for making me Laugh today.
Great List! I love to start my day with a good laugh!
Loved your list and some of those quotes are so funny! Thanks for the laugh!
Great list! And we elect these people in office?? 🙂 HA!
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Such smart kids we have running this county, LOL! And yeah Deacs!!!!! Happy TT!
This was a good laugh, thanks! and happy TT!
That is a great reading experience. I needed a god laugh. I hear NASA is planning an exploration mission. They are lauching a probe into Marion Barry’s head. They don’t expect to find any intelligence out there. Thanks for stopping by my T13.
Oy! Both hilarious and kinda sad, huh? 😉
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8. “If I seem unduly clear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said.” -Alan Greenspan
I’m going to use that the next time my daughter asks me for a Bratz doll.
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Marion Barry is definitely the best of the lot. It must have been the prison time.
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And I thought I was bad! Great TT!
I think #8 is hilarious. It amazes me the things politicians say! Thanks for the good laugh. Have a great Thursday!
“For seven and a half years I’ve worked alongside President Reagan. We’ve had triumphs. Made some mistakes. We’ve had some sex…uh…setbacks.” -George H.W. Bush
That is so funny.
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I’ve got to share this list with my sister! She’ll get a hoot out of it! I can’t believe that they really all said these things! It’s surreal!
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Hahaha, thanks for making me smile!
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What a great list! You may have been able to come up with 13 just with our current Bush alone! I have forgotten about Dan Quayle… thanks for including him!
Funny! And its funny that I spelled keeps wrong on the linky LOL!
Okay, I haven’t had a laugh like that in a long time! We’ll be using those for campaign ammunition…
They could pay me to write the speeches for them…
Well, at least it’s good to know that saying stupid things isn’t limited to our current president.
One of my favorite examples:
“My pro-life position is I believe there’s life. It’s not necessarily based in religion. I think there’s a life there, therefore the notion of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.”
(Does that make ANY sense?)
HA! That was awesome!!!! I am still giggling. And I can’t pick a favorite 🙂
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Those were great. Gotta love those politicians!
Marian Barry and Geroge HW get my votes! What a riot of a list!!!
you could totally do one on JUST george Bush….hmm…maybe something for me for next week….
This was hysterically funny! I’ve gotta remember some of them!
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Those were all great! I can’t believe what morons we have running our country.
Dontcha just love the things people in the public eye say?? Too funny!
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Those are funny! Love the Greenspan one.
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It’s quite amazing how people say such silly things when they’re in front of so many people. This list just cracks me up. 🙂
I’ve finally gotten around to putting mine up as well.
Great list!! That was just what I needed today!!!
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And how did they get to be politicians? Thanks for the giggles! And thanks for stopping by my TT!
I loved your list! I just didn’t understand the oral-genital thing? Is this something that I should know about? It sounds interesting.
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Unduly clear. Yes, I misunderstood. lol – my T13 is up at
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That is too funny.
LOL @ #9, and I think at some point I am going to use #8 myself. LOL!
Very funny! Doesn’t give you much hope for the gov’t, does it?
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ROTFLMAO! Doesn’t matter if a politician is a Republican, Democrat, or a Libertarian, they all say some pretty crazy things 🙂
I agree–goofiness apparently is not limited to any one party! I would hate to have everything I say in the public eye, though…it’s really easy to mis-speak. 🙂
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Wow. That Marion Barry had some doozies, huh? All these are hilarious.
This was so funny! I think I speak halfway decently but cannot begin to imagine being under such scrutiny as politicians are every day.
Excellent idea for a 13. I shall try not to steal it! heheh
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I love reading these misquotes of politicians! Gives me a big laugh!
These were a hoot, and I really needed a good laugh 🙂 I love how you threw in a little lagniappe (a little something extra!) 🙂
Have a great day, and weekend!
It’s funny and sad at the same time. If I didn’t know better, I’d have thought you were making those up! Happy TT!
Thanks for the laughs..
I really liked number 12..hahaha
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Ha ha! That’s a fantastic list!! Thanks for the laughs!
This is why speech writers make the big bucks. Politicians need words to say because things often go terribly wrong when they try to come up with them on their own. 😉
Just the laugh I needed! Thanks for stopping by mine.