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Democrats Say Stupid Things Too

Since the nomination of Dwight Eisenhower in 1952, Democrats have attempted to paint the Republican nominee as "stupid". This is usually followed by quoting, and sometimes mis-quoting, Republican candidates. (Funny how a lot of the quotes credited to George W. Bush were credited to Dan Quayle 15 years earlier.) This weblist is just a reminder that a few other people have made some interesting comments. Rank your favorites, and your comments are more than welcome. Some quotes have been edited because of length. I'll put the full quote in the message area.

Star Rating Scale: 1 = Not stupid at all / 2 = Not that stupid / 3 = A little stupid / 4 = Stupid / 5 = Idiot!

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List added by James76255 on 6/13/2005

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"He's been out in these countries for decades, building schools, building roads, building infrastructure, building day-care facilities,... and these people are extremely grateful." - Democratic Senator Patty Murray on Osama bin Laden

4.90 Stars | 10 ratings

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"I will stand up and struggle, as others have, to try to get that right balance between violence, and sex, ... and things." - John Kerry on ABC News

4.55 Stars | 11 ratings

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"But I don't know that she's ever had a real job — I mean, since she's been grown up." -- Teresa Heinz-Kerry on First Lady Laura Bush, a former teacher and librarian

4.70 Stars | 10 ratings

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"Those who died in the earthquake, their lives will never be the same again." - Barbara Boxer

4.70 Stars | 10 ratings

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"I believe that gays and lesbians deserve to have the same rights as homosexuals." - Rev. Al Sharpton in 2002

4.45 Stars | 11 ratings

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"Outside of the killings, we have one of the lowest crime rates in the country." - Marion Barry, mayor of Washington, D.C.

4.40 Stars | 10 ratings

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"It's a new day. Communism is dead. It's even dead in Cuba. I hate to say it, it's dead." - Barbara Boxer, senator from California

4.88 Stars | 8 ratings

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"A zebra does not change its spots." - Al Gore, attacking President George Bush in 1992

4.22 Stars | 9 ratings

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"This is still the greatest country in the world if we just steel our wills and lose our minds." - President Bill Clinton

4.86 Stars | 7 ratings

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"The police are not here to create disorder. They are here to preserve disorder." - Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley during the infamous 1968 Democratic National Convention

4.57 Stars | 7 ratings

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"I was embarrassed to wear it." - Senator Diane Feinstein on wearing an American flag pin

4.22 Stars | 9 ratings

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"I'm not a chauvinist, obviously...I believe in women's rights for every woman but my own." - Chicago Mayor Harold Washington

5.00 Stars | 6 ratings

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"Can I be the first to call you Mr. President?" -- John Kerry strategist Bob Shrum after seeing the first exit poll results

4.67 Stars | 6 ratings

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“I am saddened by the fact that Vietnam has yet again been inserted into the campaign... The country should not be divided over who served and how." - John Kerry commenting on the 1992 presidential campaign

4.50 Stars | 6 ratings

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"Breast cancer victims face a long waiting line before they could get a biopsy or, uh, or a uh, another kind of, what am I looking for, a sonogram or...." (people in the crowd shouted "Mammogram!") - Al Gore in 2000

4.33 Stars | 6 ratings

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"I have to confess that it's crossed my mind that you could not be a Republican and a Christian." - Hillary Clinton in a 1997 interview with the Richmond Times-Dispatch

4.13 Stars | 8 ratings

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''I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it.'' - John Kerry at a campaign rally in 2004

4.11 Stars | 9 ratings

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"If the personal freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution inhibit the government's ability to govern the people, we should look to limit those guarantees." - Bill Clinton in an August 12, 1993 speech

4.00 Stars | 9 ratings

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"Clothing is wonderful, but let them go naked for a while, at least the kids." - Teresa Heinz-Kerry talking to volunteers packing donations for hurricane relief in the Caribbean

3.86 Stars | 7 ratings

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"Yes, the president should resign. He has lied to the American people... and betrayed their trust."- The 12th Congressional District hopeful Bill Clinton during the Nixon Watergate investigations

3.75 Stars | 8 ratings

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"...even with people like Osama, who is very likely to be found guilty, we should do our best not to, in positions of executive power, not to prejudge jury trials," - Howard Dean to the Concord Monitor in December 2003

3.63 Stars | 8 ratings

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"I'm someone who has a deep, emotional attachment to Starsky and Hutch." - President Bill Clinton at a meeting with TV executives

4.80 Stars | 5 ratings

23

I don't own an SUV.... The Family has it, I don't have it." - John Kerry, whose family had a 1995 Suburban, a 1993 Land Rover Defender, a 1989 Jeep Cherokee, and a 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee at the time of that statement

4.29 Stars | 7 ratings

24

"It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is" - Bill Clinton during his Grand Jury testimony

3.88 Stars | 8 ratings

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"I think the ethical standards established in this White House have been the highest in the history of the White House" - Vice-President Al Gore in 1996

3.86 Stars | 7 ratings

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"I did not have sexual relations with that woman." - President Bill Clinton's finger waging statement some time before admitting that he did have sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky

3.60 Stars | 10 ratings

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"If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate for an out right ban, picking up every one of them... I would have done it. I could not do that. The votes weren't here." - Diane Feinstein on 60 Minutes discussing her position on guns

4.75 Stars | 4 ratings

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"Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of all Americans to feel safe." - Diane Feinstein, who carried a concealed weapon after claiming to be the target of a terrorist group

4.60 Stars | 5 ratings

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"The last time I checked, the Constitution said, 'of the people, by the people and for the people.' That's what the Declaration of Independence says." - Bill Clinton quoting The Gettysburg Address during a 1996 campaign stop

4.50 Stars | 4 ratings

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"I'm the number 1 target of the White House. They can't get Osama bin Laden; they're going to get me." - Jean Carnahan on CNN's Crossfire in 2002

4.40 Stars | 5 ratings

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"And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion ..." Barack Obama

4.20 Stars | 5 ratings

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"I tell you, that Michael Jackson is unbelievable! Isn't he? He's just unbelievable. Three plays in twenty seconds." - Al Gore commenting on basketball star Michael Jordan

4.20 Stars | 5 ratings

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"Electing a Republican president is like rejecting an Oscar-winning team for the producers of Howard the Duck." - Al Gore at a 2000 fundraiser hosted by Jeffrey Katzenberg, producer of Howard the Duck

4.17 Stars | 6 ratings

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"They all behave the same. They all look the same. It’s pretty much a white Christian party." - Howard Dean talking about the Republican Party while in San Francisco

3.83 Stars | 6 ratings

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"You all look alike to me." - Florida Representative Corrine Brown to Assistant Secretary of State Roger Noriega after calling him and other members of the Bush administration "racist" and "a bunch of white men"

3.80 Stars | 5 ratings

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"The President has kept all of the promises he intended to keep." - Clinton aide George Stephanopoulos speaking on Larry King Live

3.67 Stars | 6 ratings

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"I haven't committed a crime, what I have done is fail to comply with the law." - New York City Mayor David Dinkins reacting to accusations that he didn't pay his taxes

3.50 Stars | 6 ratings

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"Did I expect George Bush to f*ck it up as badly as he did? I don't think anybody did." - John Kerry in a Rolling Stone interview

2.82 Stars | 11 ratings

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"...2,000 years ago a homeless woman gave birth..in a manger because the inn was full."

5.00 Stars | 3 ratings

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"I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base."

5.00 Stars | 3 ratings

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"If the...if he...if is means is and never has been, that is not - that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement." - President Bill Clinton stumbling on the definition of the word "is"

5.00 Stars | 3 ratings

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"And now, will y'all stand up and be recognized?" - Texas Democratic Congressman Gib Lewis to a group of people in wheelchairs

4.67 Stars | 3 ratings

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"I resent insinuendoes." - Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley

4.67 Stars | 3 ratings

44

"If we do the work that we can do...people like Christopher Reeve are going to walk again."

4.67 Stars | 3 ratings

45

"...and the party of a great man who should have been President, who would have been one of the greatest Presidents in history--Hubert Horatio Hornblower!" - Jimmy Carter intending to mention Hubert Humphrey at the 1980 DNC

4.00 Stars | 4 ratings

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"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program." - President Clinton in a 1998 speech at the Pentagon

4.00 Stars | 4 ratings

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"There are white niggers. I've seen a lot of white niggers in my time; I'm going to use that word." - Senator Robert Byrd during a discussion about race relations on Fox News Sunday

4.00 Stars | 4 ratings

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"I can't believe we are going to let a majority of the people decide what's best for the state." - Louisiana state representative John Travis

3.80 Stars | 5 ratings

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"The purpose of government is to rein in the rights of the people" - Newly elected President Bill Clinton on MTV in 1993

3.80 Stars | 5 ratings

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"I mean you've got a conservative and right-winged press presence with really nothing on the other end of the political spectrum." - Hillary Clinton, on C-Span

3.75 Stars | 4 ratings

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