Top Quotes of 2009

People always say dumb things. However, some people are unfortunate enough to have their quotes taped and then used by millions of others to point the finger and laugh. Things People Hate collected a list of the ten best quotes from 2009 as we count down the final few days of the year. Enjoy.

Republican Joe Wilson

Who could forget the infamous, “you lie” episode during the middle of President Obama’s speech to Congress? Congressmen are known for saying and doing dumb things, but Wilson’s remark was definitely the high point of hilarity.

George W. Bush

Bush stepped out of office at the end of January, but that didn’t prevent him from making the list via a comment he made on January 12th:

“One of the very difficult parts of the decision I made on the financial crisis was to use hardworking people’s money to help prevent there to be a crisis.”

Rush Limbaugh

Always outspoken and controversial, Limbaugh immediately turned some heads when he declared that he hoped “Obama fails.” Whether you are Republican or Democrat, can you really wish failure on anyone? Rush Limbaugh can without hesitation.

Barack Obama

Rush Limbaugh’s dreamed came true when the man in the white house confessed to some immediate problems with a poor selection for his cabinet. Merely saying:

“I screwed up.”

Apology sort of accepted.

Michael Phelps

Phelps was the golden boy of the 2008 summer Olympics, however ’09 took a turn for the worst when Phelps was caught in a photo hitting up a bong.

“It’s clearly not what my mom wanted.”

Phelps replied, once again proving that professional athletes state the obvious. At least it was fairly comical.

Falcon Heene

And here is the reason I love kids:

“Um, you guys said that we, um, did this for the show.”

The Heenefamily, or should I say parents, came up with an evil ploy to stage their son’s disappearance on a balloon overhead in my backyard of northern Colorado. However, the balloon landed and a boy was not inside. Police raised a red flag, but Falcon confirmed everything when he spoke these words on a national interview. Kids always tell the truth.

Tiger Woods

Woods went double boogey when he was involved in a minor car crash a couple of weeks ago and then several alleged mistresses began to float around.

“I need to focus my attention on being a better husband, father and person.”

Rumors are that the couple now plans to separate.

Jessie Ventura

Former Minnesota Governor and professional wrestle Jessie “The Body” Ventura raised some eyebrows when he said:

“You give me a water board, Dick Cheney and one hour, and I’ll have him confess to the Sharon Tate murders.”

The funny thing is I would actually like to see this happen.

Octomom

There was a time when Nadya Suleman, aka “Octomom,” was a media sensation. Now, everyone has all but forgotten about this constantly mating whore. She did, however, remark:

“I screwed up my life, I screwed up my kids’ lives.”

Fortunately, not a single soul believes the sincerity of that statement.

Margaret Chan

Cry wolf and the media is sure to follow. Sure, it’s better to be safe than sorry, but can we all finally agree that the media really overreacted to the whole H1N1 deal? Hey, Margaret Chan thought it was serious:

“The virus is not stoppable.”

Our earth is in good hands with this World Health Organization Director.