As IF Times

This entry will be updated almost weekly given the more than ample contributors to this, the As IF quote hall of shame, a tradition since 2009. Politicians may be over represented in this hall of shame and some in particular more than most. Remember, none of these are made up, some are lifted from other compilers; (ie www.allgreatquotes.com)

“In the long run we can’t continue to spend as if deficits don’t have consequences, as if waste doesn’t matter, as if the hard earned tax dollars of the American people can be treated like monopoly money…” — Barack Obama

“I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes…” — Barack Obama

“Most of us weren’t born in Amerioa at some point in our lives” — Howard Dean

“Lesbians make better parents than a man and a woman.” — Stephen Scott, of the British Academy of Parenting Practitioners.

“You keep kicking people, and people will leave. Simple as that.” — Richard Daley, Chicago mayor, saying Oprah Winfrey is ending her show because of how she’s criticized in the media.

“I wish they caught me six years ago, eight years ago.” — Bernie Madoff, jailed financier and Ponzi schemer, in newly released interview with representatives of the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

“I had to hold my nose and stop those firms from failing.” — Ben Bernanke, US Fed chairman, citing fears of a second Great Depression to explain why he used taxpayer money to bail out firms like AIG last fall.

“Why? Because I’m a black man in America?” — Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. accusing police officer of racism during robbery investigation; Gates was trying to pry open front door of his home in Cambridge, Mass., when onlooker called 911.

“When you face such an overwhelming challenge as global climate change, it can be daunting – it’s kind of like trying to lose weight.” — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

“I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa, and the imam of Muslims. My status does not allow me to descent to a lower level.” — Col. Gadaffi of Libya, at a meeting of Arab leaders in Qatar.

“I promise you, I get it. I will not spend a single penny for the purpose of rewarding a single Wall Street executive.” — US President Barack Obama.

“Why should I have that guy running down the country? Who the fuck is he?” — British Business Secretary Peter Mandelson on Starbucks owner Howard Schultz saying British economy was in a spiral.

“The United States won’t quit trying to destroy the revolution,” –Fidel Castro, referring to the armed rebellion that brought his brother Fidel to power on New Year’s Day 1959.

“The Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical congress in history.”–Nancy Pelosi.