Stupidest Statement of the Year

Stupidest Statement of the Year was an award given out by the World Stupidity Awards until 2007.

2003

There were no nominations for Stupidest Statement of the Year in 2003.

They never stop thinking of new ways to harm our country or our people, and neither do we.
- U. S. President George W. Bush^[2]
  - Accepting on Bush's behalf was Darth Vader^[2]

Can you handle my truth?
- Britney Spears^[3]
Go fuck yourself.
- U. S. Vice President Dick Cheney^[3]
Nooooooooooooo!
- Darth Vader, in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith^[3]
That's hot.
- Paris Hilton^[3]

My family and I are deeply sorry for all that Vice President Cheney and his family have had to go through this past week.
- Harry Whittington, after Dick Cheney shot him in the face (17 February 2006)^[4]

No fruit loops!
- Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein on his breakfast of choice while in jail^[4]
They think work is a four-letter word.
- U. S. Senator Hillary Clinton, speaking about kids today^[4]
I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.
- U. S. Vice President Dick Cheney on Iraq^[4]
What do you think you're looking at, sugar tits?
- Mel Gibson to female Sergeant in Malibu, California following his arrest for drunk driving^[4]

2006 saw the introduction of a new category.

Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job.
- To F. E. M. A. director Michael Brown in a televised address^[4]

I'm the decider, and I decide what is best.^[4]
Peter, are you going to ask that question with shades on?
- To legally-blind reporter Peter Wallsten; Bush later apologised, saying he was unaware of Wallsten's blindness, and that while he likes to needle the press, "next time I'll use a different needle."^[4]
Wow! Brazil is big.
- After being shown a map of Brazil by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva^[4]
It's in our country's interests to find those who would do harm to us and get them out of harm's way.^[4]

I personally believe that U. S. Americans are unable to [locate the U. S. on a world map] because, uh, some people out there in our nation don't have maps and, uh, I believe that our education, like such as in South Africa and, uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should—our education over here in the U. S. should help the U. S., uh, or, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future, for our children.
- Caitlin Upton at the 2007 Miss Teen USA Pageant (24 August 2007)^[5]^[6]
  - The Yale Book of Quotations designated the response the second most memorable quote of 2007^[7]

Childrens do learn when standards are high and results are measured.
- U. S. President George W. Bush^[5]^[8]
Le soleil tourne autour de la terre.
- English translation: The sun rotates around the earth.
  - French T. V. show contestant^[5]^[9]
In Iran, we don't have homosexuals. In Iran, we don't have this phenomenon.
- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad^[5]^[10]
I'm not taking the chance on some motherfucker. I don't care if she's a Mexican, a whore, whatever—it's not 'cause she's black. It’s because we use the word nigger sometimes here. I'm not going to take a chance ever in life for losing everything I've worked for for thirty years 'cause some fucking nigger heard us say nigger and turned us in to the Enquirer magazine. Our career is over. I'm not taking that chance at all, never in life. Never. Never.
- Duane Chapman of Dog the Bounty Hunter^[5]^[11]

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