10 Dumbest Quotes of 2003

http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/bldumbquotes2003.htm

(particularly like #7, scary though it is)

"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don't know we don't know."

Now, snatch the pebble from my hand, grasshopper.

"I'm the master of low expectations."
- George W. Bush, Aboard Air Force One, June 4, 2003

From: Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
To: All print, broadcast, and internet media
Subject: UNKNOWNS

Listen up, people. I'll try to put this into words that even you can understand.

1. Known Unknowns - Things that we know we don't know.
2. Probably Known Unknowns - Things that we think we know that we don't know.
3. Unknown Unknowns - Thing that we don't know that we don't know.
4. Probably Unknown Unknowns - Things we think we don't know that we know, but are not absolutely positive that we don't know that we don't know yet.
5. Things We Should Have Known - That's classified.
6. Things You Knew We Knew - See 5. above.
7. Things You Were Pretty Sure we Knew, or Should Have Known - See 5. above.
8. Things We Didn't Have a Clue About and Still Don't Care - See 5. above.

Henceforth, to keep these press conferences brief and orderly, when answering any questions from the media which are prefaced with the phrase "Did you know____", I'll simply answer with the number from the above list that applies.
Are we clear?

OK. Dan?"

"Mr. Secretary? When did you know that the president was lying about 'yellowcake' uranium in his state of the union address?"

"Number 8. Next question?"

Wahhhhhhhhh?????

N/T