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1. Delaware Republican says:

   June 6, 2009 at 6:04 pm

   Sure is, ask the President.

   it was also interesting to see that political interaction in Europe is not that different from the United States Senate. There’s a lot of — I don’t know what the term is in Austrian, wheeling and dealing.” –confusing German for “Austrian,” a language which does not exist, Strasbourg, France, April 6, 2009

   “No, no. I have been practicing…I bowled a 129. It’s like — it was like Special Olympics, or something.” –making an off-hand joke during an appearance on “The Tonight Show”, March 19, 2009 (Obama later called the head of the Special Olympics to apologize)

   “I didn’t want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about doing any seances.” –after saying he had spoken with all the living presidents as he prepared to take office, Washington, D.C., Nov. 7, 2008 (Obama later called Nancy Reagan to apologize)

   “I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.” — defending his tax plan to Joe the Plumber, who argued that Obama’s policy hurts small-business owners like himself, Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 12, 2008

   “What I was suggesting — you’re absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith…” –in an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, who jumped in to correct Obama by saying “your Christian faith,” which Obama quickly clarified

   “I’m here with the Girardo family here in St. Louis.” –speaking via satellite to the Democratic National Convention, while in Kansas City, Missouri, Aug. 25, 2008

   “Let me introduce to you the next President — the next Vice President of the United States of America, Joe Biden.” –slipping up while introducing Joe Biden at their first joint campaign rally, Springfield, Illinois, Aug. 23, 2008

   “Just this past week, we passed out of the out of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee — which is my committee — a bill to call for divestment from Iran as way of ratcheting up the pressure to ensure that they don’t obtain a nuclear weapon.” –referring to a committee he is not on, Sderot, Israel, July 23, 2008

   “Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel’s. It will be a strong friend of Israel’s under a McCain…administration. It will be a strong friend of Israel’s under an Obama administration. So that policy is not going to change.” –Amman, Jordan, July 22, 2008

   “How’s it going, Sunshine?” –campaigning in Sunrise, Florida

   “On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes — and I see many of them in the audience here today — our sense of patriotism is particularly strong.”

   “Hold on one second, sweetie, we’re going to do — we’ll do a press avail.” –to a female reporter for ABC’s Detroit affiliate who asked about his plan to help American autoworkers

   “I’ve now been in 57 states — I think one left to go.” –at a campaign event in Beaverton, Oregon (Watch video clip)

   “Why can’t I just eat my waffle?” –after being asked a foreign policy question by a reporter while visiting a diner in Pennsylvania

   “It’s not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.” –explaining his troubles winning over some working-class voters

   “The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn’t. But she is a typical white person, who, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn’t know, you know, there’s a reaction that’s been bred in our experiences that don’t go away and that sometimes come out in the wrong way, and that’s just the nature of race in our society.”

   “Come on! I just answered, like, eight questions.” –exasperated by reporters after a news conference

   “You’re likeable enough, Hillary.” –during a Democratic debate

   “In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died — an entire town destroyed.” –on a Kansas tornado that killed 12 people

2. Donsquishydishimaharishi says:

   June 6, 2009 at 6:17 pm

   I can’t think of a more fitting person to be first on this post

3. Unstable Isotope says:

   June 6, 2009 at 6:17 pm

   He can’t help himself, DV.

4. MJ says:

   June 6, 2009 at 8:07 pm

   “Hi, I’m Republican David. I talk out of my ass about 100 times a day. But don’t mind me, I know what I’m saying. “

5. Delaware Dem says:

   June 6, 2009 at 8:09 pm

   Actually it’s Mike Protack, not David.

6. MJ says:

   June 6, 2009 at 8:11 pm

   Interchangable except one knows how to fly a plane and one doesn’t. You get to guess which is which.

7. Art Downs says:

   June 6, 2009 at 9:08 pm

   The insurance commissioner should be free of any links to the industry and put the interests of the people first.

   Even as a free-market, Adam Smith kind of guy I cannot ignore the consumer ripoffs of the casualty insurance industry. Any ‘gotcha’ excuse will be exploited to raise rates. Look at how credit reports can be ‘mined’ to justify a rate increase.

   Your ‘roaches’ who have low scores because the regularly default on bills may be the same people who are eager to scam insurance companies or their irresponsibility may cover a broader spectrum.

   But can a credit score around 800 assure a low rate? Perhaps some of your accounts are less than 10 years old. Bad for you. One of my ‘bad’ points was an account near the credit limit. But it was an account I opened to get a big discount on a single purchase that was equal to the amount of the credit limit. It was paid off in six months and the problems went away. How many people are arbitrarily victimized in such a manner?

8. callerRick says:

   June 7, 2009 at 11:36 am

   Wait ’till the government nationalizes insurance; whether your credit score is 800 or 8, it won’t matter (it wouldn’t be fair). Of course, insurance will be ‘free’ for those making less than $50,000 per-year (the government can just print more currency to cover the bill).

   The only problem is, what happens when, like GM stock, the dollar reaches a value of $0.06….do we just use a magic marker to add a few zeros to the bills, like they do in Zimbabwe?