Republican-isms: The Bloopers and Bombast of the Grand Old Party

"I slept like a baby. Every two hours I woke up and cried." —Bob Dole describing his reaction to losing the New Hampshire Primary

"It's only in the welfare state that we reduce things to their dumbest denominators." —Newt Gingrich

"Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life." —Orrin Hatch

"You'd be surprised. They're all individual countries." —Ronald Reagan on Latin America

"I'll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on which I think will help our election most." —George Bush