As we gear up for the flurry of political activity leading up to the presidential election I bring you crazy quotes by the politicos for your general amusement… because if you can’t laugh at them then we’re just screwed for the next four years.

The Bubba vote is there and it’s very real.  

DICK ARMEY, former House majority leader, comment referring to white, rural, working class voters when asked about Obama’s potential voter weaknesses

Jesus was too smart to ever run for public office…that’s what Jesus would do. 

MIKE HUCKABEE, former Republican Presidential candidate, comment after being asked if Jesus would supported the death penalty

There’s only three things he mentions in a sentence; a noun, a verb, and 9/11. 

JOE BIDEN, Democratic Vice President Nominee, on Rudy Giuliani 

I don’t want to be invited to the family hunting party. 

BARACK OBAMA, Democratic Presidential Candidate, on revelation that he and Dick Cheney are eighth cousins 

Well, basically, it’s a Google. 

JOHN McCAIN, Republican Presidential Candidate, comment on how he’s conducting his VP search

As for that VP talk all the time, I’ll tell you, I still can’t answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the VP does every day? 

SARAH PALIN, Republican Vice Presidential Candidate, comment when asked about the possibility of becoming McCain’s running mate

As for the one Mormon running for office, those who really believe in God will defeat him anyway. 

REVEREND AL SHARPTON, on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney

People say, how can I help on this war against terror? How can I fight evil? You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a shut-in’s house and say I love you. 

GEORGE W. BUSH, U.S. President, on the war on terror 

I’m a little late. I bumped my head and broke my hair. 

MITT ROMNEY, former Republican Presidential candidate, on his perfect hair