The Most Memorable PolitiQuotes of 2012

Top political quotes from the 2012 campaign.

Say What? - Political quotes were a gift that kept on giving — all year long. With gaffes and zingers, lawmakers and those who aspired to win election showed voters that in the end, they are only human, too. Here's the best and the worst, depending on your standpoint. – Joyce Jones
Newt Gingrich - Speaking at a breakfast on Monday honoring Martin Luther King Jr., Newt Gingrich told the audience that the first bill he co-sponsored was one to make King’s birthday a legal holiday. "As a Georgian, I felt a particular obligation to stand up and say this was the right thing to do," he said. But later that night at the GOP debate, Gingrich defended calling President Obama a “food stamps president” and advocating that poor children take jobs as janitors to learn a work ethic, which critics say belittles the poor and racial minorities. —Joyce Jones(Photo: REUTERS/Jason Reed)
Cory Booker - "It's nauseating to the American public," said Newark Mayor Cory Booker in May on NBC News' Meet the Press, criticizing the Obama campaign for attacking Mitt Romney's tenure at Bain Capital. (Photo: MSNBC)Mitt Romney - "I'm not concerned with the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs repair, I'll fix it. I'm not concerned about the very rich, they're doing just fine. I'm concerned about the very heart of America," said Mitt Romney in an interview on CNN in February. (Photo: REUTERS/Steve Nesius)

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Say What? - Political quotes were a gift that kept on giving — all year long. With gaffes and zingers, lawmakers and those who aspired to win election showed voters that in the end, they are only human, too. Here's the best and the worst, depending on your standpoint. – Joyce Jones

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