The Best Political Quips of The Year
December 26, 2011
“It’s no coincidence that trust in government is at an all-time low now that the size of government is at an all-time high.” — Paul Ryan
“For God and country — Geronimo, Geronimo, Geronimo. Geronimo. E.K.I.A. Enemy
killed in action.” — The radio transmission of the SEAL who shot Bin Laden.
“Seriously, in 2008 we elected a community organizer, state senator, college instructor, first term senator over a guy who spent five years in a Vietnamese prison. And now he’s 
lecturing us about how America’s gone “soft”? Really?” — Jonah Goldberg
“Question: How much do you have to invest in the future before you’ve spent it and no longer have one?” — Mark Steyn
“Get the hell off the Beach in Asbury Park and get out. You’re done. It’s 4:30 PM. You’ve maximized your 
tan. Get off the beach. Get in you cars and get out of those areas.” — Chris Christie
“If the tea party is so racist, how come when they have straw polls the black guy keeps winning?” — Herman Cain
“My next door neighbor’s two dogs have created more shovel ready jobs than this administration.” — Gary Johnson
“NPR is a very elitist and in this case white institution that I think is struggling with the changing demographics of American society. And it struggles with the idea that there are capable thinkers and journalist and people who don’t fit into some box.” — Juan Williams on NPR
“Medicare in particular will run out of money, and we will not be able to sustain that program no matter how much taxes go up.” — Barack Obama
“All the Occupy movement starts with the premise that we owe them everything. They take over a public
park they didn’t pay for, to go nearby to use bathrooms they didn’t pay for, to beg for food from places they don’t want to pay for, to obstruct those who are going to work to pay the taxes to sustain the bathrooms and to sustain the park, so they can self-righteously explain they are the paragons of virtue to which we owe everything. That is a pretty good symptom of how much the left has collapsed as a moral system in this country, and why you need to reassert something by saying to them, ‘Go get a job right after you take a bath.”— Newt Gingrich
I think Congressman Paul Ryan’s statement about covering the moon in yogurt was very instructive and noteworthy. The other statement that will stand out in history is the statement on crony capitalism by Governor Palin.
Indeed, I think when history looks back at this year, these two speeches will be the ones in the history books. That isn’t to detract from your list, entertaining though it may be. But those two speeches changed the direction of national discussions.