Better Left Unsaid

Better Left Unsaid

Five entries from the Department of Words Better Left Unsaid, uttered by recent presidents, vice presidents, spouses and White House wannabes.

“My fellow Americans, I’m pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.” — President Ronald Reagan, joking in 1984 about bombing the Soviet Union, during a sound check on a live microphone.

“What a terrible thing to have lost one’s mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.” — Vice President Dan Quayle, in a 1989 speech.

“You know, I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas, but what I decided to do was to fulfill my profession.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton during her husband’s 1992 presidential campaign.

“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.” — GOP vice- presidential candidate Sarah Palin during the 2008 campaign.

“I’ve now been in 57 states. I think one left to go.” — President Barack Obama, at a campaign event in Oregon in 2008.

Source: Associated Press