Politicians Stuck Lots of Feet in Their Mouths This Year

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It's time to recall weird and wacky words our politicians uttered in 2005. Well, a few of them.

With Hurricane Katrina's devastation still a national nightmare, we can only shake our heads at the e-mail Michael Brown wrote to an aide about looking good for TV cameras. As the storm intensified, Brown, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, wrote about his shirt, "I got it at Nordsstroms (sic). Are you proud of me? Can I quit now? Can I go home? "An hour later, he went on, "If you look at my lovely FEMA attire, you'll really vomit. I am a fashion god."

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Politicians Stuck Lots of Feet in Their Mouths This Year

Not too long after that, President Bush told him, "Brownie, you're doing a heckuva job." Shortly after that, the fashion god was fired.

Barbara Bush did her son no favors when she reflected on relief efforts, sug...

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