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As with all gaffes, the worst ones are the ones that confirm people’s pre-existing suspicions or fit into an easy narrative. That’s why ’47 percent’ stung Mitt Romney so much, and its why ‘don’t have a strategy’ hurts Obama today.
I don’t want to put the cart before the horse. We don’t have a strategy yet.
— President Obama, quoted by CNN, on how the United States will deal with the ISIS threat in Iraq and Syria.
Bridges.
— Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), when asked in a recent interview to name one word when he thinks of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), CNN reports. “The Kentucky senator’s dig marks the latest round in the back-and-forth between the two potential presidential contenders — a feud started last year in a war of words about surveillance and government spending.”
You’re welcome. I’m awesome!
— Texas Gov. Rick Perry, quoted the Des Moines Register, seeming “pumped up after his enthusiastic” reception after coming off stage at the Iowa State Fair.
We did not seek an impeachment of President Bush, because as an executive, he had his authority. President Obama has the authority.
— Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), quoted by BuzzFeed, apparently forgetting that she co-sponsored legislation to impeach President George W. Bush over the Iraq war.
Stop being mad all the time. Stop. Stop just hating all the time. C’mon … I know they’re not happy that I’m president but that’s okay. I got a couple of years left. C’mon … then you can be mad at the next president.
— President Obama, asking Republicans to stop “hating” and “being mad all the time” during a Wednesday speech, The Hill reports.
The Lord works in mysterious ways.
— Rev. Jarrett Maupin, Democratic candidate for Congress from Arizona, accepting the endorsement of a Phoenix strip club called the Great Alaskan Bush Co., the Arizona Republic reports.
They want to abolish age of consent laws, which means children would, we would do away with statutory rape laws so that adults will be able to freely prey on little children sexually. That’s the deviance that we’re seeing embraced in our culture today.
— Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), quoted by the Huffington Post, on what the gay community really wants.
I’m not a scientist either but I can use my brain and I can talk to one.
— Charlie Crist (D), quoted by St. Petersblog, on Gov. Rick Scott (R) not wanting to talk about climate change because “I’m not a scientist.”
I should have one Republican kid who’d grow up to make money.
— Vice President Joe Biden, quoted by WLWT, when talking about the professional choices made by his children.
