Yes, it is "silly season", the most enjoyable time for the late night TV hosts and their fans: the US Primaries. With so much on the line and so much pressure to do and say the right things 100% of the time, there are bound to be some slipups. This year's primaries are shaping up to be a doozie as every day one of the candidates says something that he surely regrets.
Here are a few of quotes that will are classics already...
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"There's no question at times of my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about this country, that I worked far too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate."
- Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, explaining why he cheated on his first two wives. He carried on the first affair while his wife was suffering from cancer, and the second while he was busy orchestrating Bill Clinton's impeachment.
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"I've looked at that quote, in fact I looked at the video. In fact, I'm pretty confident I didn't say black. I started to say is a word and then sort of changed and it sort of — blah — mumbled it and sort of changed my thought."
- Rick Santorum on CBS with John King [after being called out by civil rights groups], denying his racist comment of the day before, ridiculously claiming that he didn't say 'black' people, he said 'blah' people.
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"It would help the poor people who need jobs. Minimum wage is a mandate. We're against mandates so why should we have it? It would be very beneficial."
- Texas Congressman Ron Paul, saying that abolishing the minimum wage would help poor people.
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"I will tell you, it's three agencies of government, when I get there, that are gone: Commerce, Education and the -- what's the third one there? Let's see. ... OK. So Commerce, Education and the -- ... The third agency of government I would -- I would do away with the Education, the ... Commerce and -- let's see -- I can't. The third one, I can't. Sorry. Oops."
- Former Candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry
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"Look, I was pro-choice. I am pro-life. You can go back to YouTube and look at what I said in 1994. I never said I was pro-choice, but my position was effectively pro-choice. I changed my position. And I get tired of people that are holier-than-thou because they've been pro-life longer than I have."
- Former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney
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And to conclude this edition of the Silly Season Quotes, one more from former candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry
"George W. Bush did an incredible job in the presidency, defending us from freedom."
- Former Candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry
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