Announcing a New Contest

A few weeks back, there was a ballyhooed competition for the most memorable lines in movie history, which naturally included the likes of "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn," and "May the Force be with you." It is time for the Huffington Post to launch a comparable competition for the most memorable lines in political history. At lunch today, the discussion turned to Marion Barry, and I reminisced about a key element of his enduring legacy: "The bitch set me up." It won't make number one on the list; my first-cut candidate there is "I am not a crook." "It all depends on the meaning of the word is" will be somewhere up there. A new candidate, moving up on the rail is "The insurgency is in its last throes." Actually, my favorite candidate from President Bush, but one that is unlikely to make the top twenty, came soon after Saddam was toppled, when he said of Iraq, "It will take some time to restore the chaos." He was wrong, of course. I have barely scratched the surface here, but I invite fellow Huffington Posters and outside observers to join in. It may make for an amusing diversion as we try hard to restore the chaos here in Washington