1. “The country is groaning and moaning and screaming for change.”
Bill Clinton, getting a little too explicit in explaining the need for a new administration.

2. “The fundamentals of the economy are strong.”
John McCain on September 15, what has now come to be known as Black Monday.

3. “It is from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right next ...