This whole Sarah-Palin-making-up-a-word-and-then-defending-it news of late got me thinking about the time Dan Quale thought there was an “e” on the end of potato, which then got me wondering about other ridiculous spoken gaffes our elected politicians make. For entertainment purposes only, here are just a few of the zillions I found:

Barack Obama - “Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states.”

Joe Biden – “This is a Big F-ing Deal.”

George W. Bush (oh, where to begin…) – “They misunderestimated me.”

Dan Quayle – “I’ve made a misstatement and I stand by all my misstatements.”

Ronald Reagan – “Facts are stupid things.”

Richard Daley – “The policeman isn’t there to create disorder, the policeman is there to preserve disorder.”

Stephen Colbert (okay, so he’s not a politician, but this one was too good not to include) – “Truthiness.”