-Barack Obama, at a campaign event in Beaverton, Oregon

9. "The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should. I've got Greenspan's book."
-John McCain, in an interview with the Boston Globe

8. "Why can't I just eat my waffle?"
-Barack Obama, after being asked a foreign policy question by a reporter while visiting a diner in Pennsylvania

7. "You know that old Beach Boys song, Bomb Iran? Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran."
-John McCain, breaking into song after being asked about whether it was time to send a message to Iran

"She needed the clothes."
- John McCain explaining to reporters why the RNC spent $150,000 on clothes and accessories for Sarah Palin and her family, Florida, Oct. 23, 2008

5. "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."
-Barack Obama, explaining his troubles winning over some working-class voters

4. "Come on! I just answered, like, eight questions."
- Barack Obama exasperated by reporters after a news conference

3. "Make it a hundred...That would be fine with me."
-John McCain, to a questioner who asked if he supported President Bush's vision for keeping U.S. troops in Iraq for 50 years
For Quotes 1 and 2 jump over to About.com Political Humor. all quotes compiled by Daniel Kurtzman.
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