2005: The Most Outrageous Statements

Still a week away from the new year, but a good time to look back...

Media Matters looks at the most outrageous statements of the year.

My faves from the list-
Bill O'Reilly to San Francisco:
"[I]f Al Qaeda comes in here and blows you up, we're not going to do anything about it. ... You want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead." [Westwood One's The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly, 12/8/05]

Rush Limbaugh on the kidnapping of peace activists in Iraq:
"I'm telling you, folks, there's a part of me that likes this." [The Rush Limbaugh Show, 11/29/05]

Tucker Carlson:
"Canada is a sweet country. It is like your retarded cousin you see at Thanksgiving and sort of pat him on the head. You know, he's nice, but you don't take him seriously. That's Canada." [MSNBC's The Situation with Tucker Carlson, 12/15/05]

Pat Buchanan:
"Our guys" in Iraq "have got every right to have good news put into the media and get to the people of Iraq, even if it's got to be planted or bought." [MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, 12/1/05]