The scary thing about someone like Dan Quayle is to think that this awesome intellect actually rose to become the second most powerful person in the world and, if there had been an accident or a stroke of ill health, could have had his finger on the nuclear button.

The other observation I would make is that the most hilarious things to come out of a person’s mouth are when an idiot speaks and is not trying to be funny at all.

This President is going to lead us out of this recovery.

Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It’s the other way around. They never vote for us.

It isn’t pollution that’s harming the environment. It’s the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.

If we don’t succeed we run the risk of failure.

Bank failures are caused by depositors who don’t deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement.

Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children.

He certainly made me chuckle. He also made me even more aware that these people are put up there as puppets. The real power lies behind the throne. There are unseen people pulling the strings. They don’t want leaders who are too bright.

I wasn’t sure what to file it under – philosophy? Humour?