# Funny political moments

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [December 8, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-political-moments/927590 "2020-12-08T18:49:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-political-moments/927590/1 "2020-12-08T18:49:35Z")

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Rule: They have to be actual political moments. No political comedy including speeches by politicians which are primarily comedy like the White House Correspondents Dinner.

Here are a couple I like:  
Bill Clinton’s 1988 convention speech especially the [moment](https://youtu.be/g0TdQwyd08A?t=2047) when he says “In closing…” and the crowd roars its approval. I would feel sorry for him except I heard his career turned out all right.

Obama’s [zinger](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ua5Xo7FHDg) at the 2015 SOTU.

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**Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-political-moments/927590/2 "2020-12-08T19:44:03Z")

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“Please proceed, governor” and “horses and bayonets” were pretty good too.

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**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-political-moments/927590/3 "2020-12-09T00:21:17Z")

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[The passing of the Habeas Corpus Act in 1679:](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_Corpus_Act_1679#Parliamentary_history)

> Lord Grey and Lord Norris were named to be the tellers: Lord Norris, being a man subject to vapours, was not at all times attentive to what he was doing: so, a very fat lord coming in, Lord Grey counted him as _ten_ , as a jest at first: but seeing Lord Norris had not observed it, he went on with this misreckoning of ten: so it was reported that they that were for the Bill were in the majority, though indeed it went for the other side: and by this means the Bill passed.

It passed Content 57 Not Content 55.