John Hawkins collected the finest Idiotarian quotes since this war began.
My personal fave comes from a certain Nobel Laureate:
"I think it will take years before we can repair the damage done by that statement." -- Jimmy Carter on George Bush's use of the phrase "Axis of Evil"
Plus many, many more.
i admit i couldn't read the whole thing, because it was pissing me off. but i retort:
"we're going to find out who did this and we're going to inter the bastards." --orrin hatch
i think jimmy carter is right.
Sepideh -
It was a brave statement by Jimmy Carter. Brave because it WILL be remembered. And, say, two years from now, campaign-time, we will SEE just where the people of Iraq, Iran, and North Korea stand on that day.
And we will see just whether Jimmy Carter is right. And if he is wrong, and he has made a career out of being wrong, I will personally put his words on a twenty foot banner and carry it to Democratic campaign rallies across the land.
See you in '04.
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