has compiled a list of the top ten most memorable quotes of
2007. It's hard to argue with his choices.
10. "I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation
around the world, this administration has been the worst
in history." -Former President Jimmy Carter in an inter-
view in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper.
9. "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American
who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking
guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man." -Biden describing
rival Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
8. "(I have) a wide stance when going to the bathroom."
-Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig's explanation of why
his foot touched that of an undercover policeman in a men's
room.
7. "I'm not going to get into a name-calling match with
somebody (Vice President Dick Cheney) who has a 9 percent
approval rating." -Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a
Democrat.
6. "There's only three things he (Republican presidential
candidate and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani)
mentions in a sentence: a noun and a verb and 9/11."
-Sen. Joseph Biden, speaking at a Democratic presidential
debate.
5. "I don't recall." -Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto
Gonzales' repeated response to questioning at a congressional
hearing about the firing of U.S. attorneys.
4. "That's some nappy-headed hos there." -Shock jock Don Imus
commenting about the Rutgers University women's basketball
team.
3. "In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country."
-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a speech at
Columbia University in New York.
2. "I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to
do so because some people out there in our nation don't have
maps and I believe that our education like such as in South
Africa and Iraq and everywhere like such as and I believe
that they should our education over here in the U.S. should
help the U.S. or should help South Africa and should help
Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up
our future for us." -Lauren Upton, the South Carolina con-
testant in the Miss Teen America contest when asked why
one-fifth of Americans are unable to locate the United States
on a map.
And the number one quote of 2007.....
1. "Don't Tase Me, Bro!" -University of Florida student
Andrew Meyer just before being tased by campus police at a
speech by Sen. John Kerry.