Top Political Remarks Of 2008

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By Staff

Friday, December 26, 2008, 17:07

The American political scene has been an exciting one this year. The politics giants had made some great headlines as they went lashing each other. Fox news compiles some of the most memorable lines, that ranged from pithy to poignant.

"We are the ones we have been waiting for."

As said by Barack Obama on february 5 when 13 state victories made him the front-runner over Hillary Clinton.

"I don't talk about these tabloids. The tabloid trash is full of lies."

The words uttered by former candidate John Edwards reacted to his alleged affair with the producer of his campaign video series Rielle Hunter. He said these words on July 23 at a press conference after the National Enquirer subsequently reported that he had visited Hunter and their "love child" at the Beverly Hilton. Though he denied it for a long time, eventually he admitted the fact to ABC News, followed by a written statement.

"The fundamentals of our economy are strong."

This was remarked by John McCain at a rally in Florida on September 15, as Lehman Brothers was filing for bankruptcy and the stock market continued to crumble. Obama targeted the comment and asked: "What economy are you talking about?"

"I can see Russia from my house!"

Comment made by Tina Fey in response to Sarah Palin's remark: "You can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska." This bizarre comment left people questioning about her qualifications as the Republican vice presidential.

"I want to cut his nuts off."

The unpleasant comment by Jesse Jackson gave him a lot of unwanted attention, as he was talking about soon-to-be president-elect, Barack Obama.

"Jesse Jackson won South Carolina twice, in '84 and '88, and he ran a good campaign, and so did Obama."

Bill Clinton spoke of the old guard of civil rights leaders, and was apparently eager to draw comparisons between his wife's primary opponent and other black candidates who proved to have limited national appeal. The comment was made on the day of the South Carolina primary, which Obama won by a wide margin.

"I believe our government is capable of doing anything.

The statement made by Rev. Jeremiah Wright when questioned about whether he believed his own past claims that the government invented the HIV virus as tool of genocide against people of colour.

"There's nothing but sunshine hanging over me."

Rod Blagojevich commented on Dec. 8, the day before he was arrested on federal corruption charges and accused of trying to auction off Obama's vacated U.S. Senate seat.

"Although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it has about 18 million cracks in it."

The statement by Hillary Clinton made it clear as to why she had stayed on the race for so long. This was said as a part of the concession speech on June 7. The speech, however was hardly the close-ranks-behind-the-winner declaration that Obama might have hoped for.

"Together we have known success and seen setbacks, victory and defeat. But we have never lost our belief that we are all called to a better country and a newer world. And I pledge to you that I will be there next January."

This was commented by Sen. Ted Kennedy as part of his brief address on the first day of the Democratic National Convention in August, which capped a year of highs and lows for the Massachusetts senator, who was one of the first members of the Democratic old guard to endorse Obama in the primaries.