“Don’t Tase Me, Bro,” a phrase that swept the nation after a U.S. college student used it seeking to stop campus police from throwing him out of a speech by Sen. John Kerry, was named on Wednesday as the most memorable quote of 2007.

Runners up:

2. “I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don’t have maps and I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and Iraq and everywhere like such as and I believe that they should our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S. or should help South Africa and should help Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future for us.”

3. “In Iran we don’t have homosexuals like in your country.”

4. “That’s some nappy-headed hos there.”

5. “I don’t recall.”

6. “There’s only three things he [Republican presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani] mentions in a sentence: a noun and a verb and 9/11.”

7. “I’m not going to get into a name-calling match with somebody [Vice President Dick Cheney] who has a 9 percent approval rating.”

8. “(I have) a wide stance when going to the bathroom.”

9. “I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man.”

10. “I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history.”

See if you can guess sphinctersaidwhat. Answers here.

Here’s a hint: dubya didn’t make the list at all this year. Which is just plain crazy talk, what with mind diamonds like these:

They need to be eating US beef. It’s good for them. They’ll like it. And so we’re working hard to get that beef market opened up. – May 25, 2007

You know, I — I think it’s hard to judge how their conversations went from a picture. Generally leaders don’t like to be photographed scowling at each other or making bad gestures at each other. So I’m not surprised that there was a nice picture of them walking along. I try to make sure that when I’m with foreign leaders, there’s a pretty picture of the two of us walking down the colonnades, or something like that, to send a good message. – October 17, 2007

Not to mention all the verbal diarrhea I haven’t yet had a chance to Bush Baby up. (Mostly because I’m running low on cute toehead photos. The horrah!)

See, for example:

“As you know, my position is clear — I’m the commander guy.” –George W. Bush, who apparently is no longer “The Decider,” Washington, D.C., May 2, 2007

“Information is moving—you know, nightly news is one way, of course, but it’s also moving through the blogosphere and through the Internets.”—Washington, D.C., May 2, 2007

“If you’ve got a chicken factory, a chicken-plucking factory, or whatever you call them, you know what I’m talking about.”—discussing the sorts of jobs many illegal immigrant workers perform, Tipp City, Ohio, April 19, 2007

“And everybody wants to be loved—not everybody, but—you run for office, I guess you do. You never heard anybody say, ‘I want to be despised, I’m running for office.’ “—Tipp City, Ohio, April 19, 2007

“And my concern, David, is several.”—Speaking to David Gregory, Washington, D.C., April 3, 2007

“Suiciders are willing to kill innocent life in order to send the projection that this is an impossible mission.”—Washington, D.C., April 3, 2007

“They’re innocent, they were doing nothing, and they were summarily plucked out of water.”—Discussing British sailors detained by Iran while their ship was on patrol in the Persian Gulf, Camp David, March 31, 2007

“I’m a strong proponent of the restoration of the wetlands, for a lot of reasons. There’s a practical reason, though, when it comes to hurricanes: The stronger the wetlands, the more likely the damage of the hurricane.”—Discussing post-Katrina wetland improvements, New Orleans, March 1, 2007

“And one thing we want during this war on terror is for people to feel like their life’s moving on, that they’re able to make a living and send their kids to college and put more money on the table.”—Appearing on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Jan. 16, 2007

“And there is distrust in Washington. I am surprised, frankly, at the amount of distrust that exists in this town. And I’m sorry it’s the case, and I’ll work hard to try to elevate it.”— Speaking on National Public Radio, Jan. 29, 2007

All via Slate, methinks.

Story via Diane E. Dees of MoJo, who also points to some lovely misogynistic quotes from Chris Matthews.

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