2. "We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California." –Hillary Clinton, rejecting calls for her to drop out of the Democratic presidential race, citing the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy as evidence that the lengthy Democratic nominating process was not unprecedented, May 23, 2008
3. "Can I explain to you what happened? First of all it happened during a period after she was in remission from cancer." –former Senator John Edwards, on cheating on his wife, Aug. 8, 2008
4. "I think — I'll have my staff get to you. It's condominiums where — I'll have them get to you." –John McCain after being asked how many houses he and his wife, Cindy, own, Aug. 20, 2008
5. "We believe that the best of America is not all in Washington, D.C. ... We believe that the best of America is in these small towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard working very patriotic, um, very, um, pro-America areas of this great nation." –Sarah Palin, speaking at a fundraiser in Greensboro, N.C., Oct. 16, 2008
6. "Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter." –President George W. Bush, in parting words to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy at his final G-8 Summit, punching the air and grinning widely as the two leaders looked on in shock, July 10, 2008
7. "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, on his troubles winning over some small-town, working-class voters, April 11, 2008
8. "I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base." –Hillary Clinton on visiting Bosnia in 1996, contradicting other accounts that said there was no threat of gunfire. Clinton later said she "misspoke"
9. "As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where– where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border." –Sarah Palin, explaining why Alaska's proximity to Russia gives her foreign policy experience in an interview with Katie Couric, Sept. 24, 2008
10. "Our economy, I think, is still — the fundamentals of our economy are strong." –John McCain, Sept. 15, 2008
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