Stupidest Statement of the Year
Stupidest Statement of the Year was an award given out by the World Stupidity Awards until 2007.
2003
edit- There were no nominations for Stupidest Statement of the Year in 2003.
2004
editWinner
edit- Major combat operations have ended in Iraq.
- U. S. President George W. Bush[1]
Nominees
edit- Nick, why does this Chicken of the Sea taste like tuna?
- YYEEEAARRGHHHHH!!
- Vermont Governor Howard Dean[1]
- I do.
- It was a wardrobe malfunction.
2005
editWinner
edit- They never stop thinking of new ways to harm our country or our people, and neither do we.
- U. S. President George W. Bush[2]
- Accepting on Bush's behalf was Darth Vader[2]
- U. S. President George W. Bush[2]
Nominees
edit- Can you handle my truth?
- Go fuck yourself.
- U. S. Vice President Dick Cheney[3]
- Nooooooooooooo!
- That's hot.
2006
editWinner
edit- My family and I are deeply sorry for all that Vice President Cheney and his family have had to go through this past week.
- Harry Whittington, after Dick Cheney shot him in the face (17 February 2006)[4]
Nominees
edit- No fruit loops!
- Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein on his breakfast of choice while in jail[4]
- They think work is a four-letter word.
- U. S. Senator Hillary Clinton, speaking about kids today[4]
- I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.
- U. S. Vice President Dick Cheney on Iraq[4]
- What do you think you're looking at, sugar tits?
- Mel Gibson to female Sergeant in Malibu, California following his arrest for drunk driving[4]
Stupidest Statement by President George W. Bush
edit- 2006 saw the introduction of a new category.
Winner
edit- Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job.
- To F. E. M. A. director Michael Brown in a televised address[4]
Nominees
edit- I'm the decider, and I decide what is best.[4]
- Peter, are you going to ask that question with shades on?
- To legally-blind reporter Peter Wallsten; Bush later apologised, saying he was unaware of Wallsten's blindness, and that while he likes to needle the press, "next time I'll use a different needle."[4]
- Wow! Brazil is big.
- After being shown a map of Brazil by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva[4]
- It's in our country's interests to find those who would do harm to us and get them out of harm's way.[4]
2007
editWinner
edit- I personally believe that U. S. Americans are unable to [locate the U. S. on a world map] because, uh, some people out there in our nation don't have maps and, uh, I believe that our education, like such as in South Africa and, uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should—our education over here in the U. S. should help the U. S., uh, or, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future, for our children.
- Caitlin Upton at the 2007 Miss Teen USA Pageant (24 August 2007)[5][6]
- The Yale Book of Quotations designated the response the second most memorable quote of 2007[7]
- Caitlin Upton at the 2007 Miss Teen USA Pageant (24 August 2007)[5][6]
Nominees
edit- Childrens do learn when standards are high and results are measured.
- U. S. President George W. Bush[5][8]
- Le soleil tourne autour de la terre.
- In Iran, we don't have homosexuals. In Iran, we don't have this phenomenon.
- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad[5][10]
- I'm not taking the chance on some motherfucker. I don't care if she's a Mexican, a whore, whatever—it's not 'cause she's black. It’s because we use the word nigger sometimes here. I'm not going to take a chance ever in life for losing everything I've worked for for thirty years 'cause some fucking nigger heard us say nigger and turned us in to the Enquirer magazine. Our career is over. I'm not taking that chance at all, never in life. Never. Never.
References
edit- ↑ a b c d e 2004 Stupidest Statement of the Year, StupidityAwards.com
- ↑ a b Bush wins "Stupidest Statement", Darth Vader Accepts on his behalf, StupidityAwards.com
- ↑ a b c d 2005 The Nominees, StupidityAwards.com
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j 2006 World Stupidity Award Winners, StupidityAwards.com
- ↑ a b c d e 2007 News, StupidityAwards.com (20 December 2007)
- ↑ Miss Teen USA 2007 - South Carolina answers a question, YouTube.com
- ↑ "Don't Tase Me, Bro" tops '07 memorable quote list by Arthur Spiegelman, Reuters.com (19 December 2007)
- ↑ President Bush: "Childrens do learn...", YouTube.com (27 September 2007)
- ↑ En France, le soleil tourne autour de la terre, Tagtele.com (31 May 2007)
- ↑ 'No homosexuality here': The Iranian president's claims are difficult to sustain, faced with a centuries-old tradition of homoerotic themes in Persian and Arabic literature by Brian Whitaker, TheGuardian.com (25 September 2007)
- ↑ Dog the Bounty Hunter - Racist Rant, YouTube.com (2 November 2007)
External links
edit- Official website used to be at www.stupidityawards.com but is no longer on-line.