BILL CLINTON "Give Bill a second term and Al Gore and I will be turned loose to do what we really want to do." --Hillary Rodham Clinton, campaigning in 1996

DISASTERS "This is the worst disaster in California since I was elected." --Pat Brown (governor of California, 1959-1966), discussing a flood.

ELDERLY "Old people have a duty to die and get out of the way." --Richard Lamm (governor of Colorado, 1975-1987)

MONICA "If the dress doesn't fit, we must acquit. If it's on the dress, he must confess." --James Traficant (representative from Ohio, 1985-)

POOR PEOPLE "I stay out of their way at Kmart." --Willie Brown (mayor of San Francisco), 1996-), asked what he did to help the poor.

PROMISCUITY "I just have no firsthand experience." --Al Gore, when asked whether today's young women are too promiscuous.

RACISM "The laws in this city are clearly racist. All laws are racist. The law of gravity is racist." --Marion Barry (former mayor of Washington, DC)

SEX "The Gulf War was like teenage sex. We got in too soon and out too soon." --Tom Harkin (senator from Iowa, 1985-)

VAGUENESS "A little vagueness goes a long way in this business." --Jerry Brown (governor of California, 1975-1982)

WOMEN "I cook ocassionally just to see how easy women's work is." --Tip O'Neill (representative from Massachusetts, 1953-1986)

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