What were the funniest things politicians said in 2007?

Last year we brought you the Top Ten Funniest Quotes by Politicians in 2006. This year we’re going to top that by going one better — the Top Ten Funniest Quotes By Politicians In 2007.

That’s really all the set-up this annual feature needs. You can figure out the rest. But note: Because you’re all very busy people, as a reader service we reverse the list. The funniest quote is on top, the 10th funniest quote is down below. Hope that saves some time.

Now, without further hilarious explanation, the top ten funniest quotes by politicians in 2007:

1. Chuck Schumer:

“Biking through New York’s boroughs in 2005, I thought about some old friends, Joe and Eileen Bailey. Though they are imaginary, I frequently talk to them.”

2. Newt Gingrich:

“I’d forgotten how big a tourist attraction I am.”

3. Barack Obama to a five-year old:

“We’ve got to make sure that people who have more money help the people who have less money. If you had a whole pizza, and your friend had no pizza, would you give him a slice?”

4. Robert Byrd:

“Harry Truman, former president, said, ‘If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.’ Or buy a dog. But I have a dog. Her name, by my wife Erma, is Trouble. Now, I call her Baby.”

5. Larry Craig on how he goes to the bathroom:

“Wide stance.”

6. Barack Obama:

“So I just think it is important for us to get all that clear and on the record because that provides the context in which we are going to have to be making a series of decisions. That, of course, now leaves me very little time to ask questions and that’s unfortunate.”

7. Clarence Thomas, seeing himself on a monitor:

“It’s me! I see myself moving around! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! This guy keeps moving around in front of me. Jeez! At any rate, stop looking at this guy in front of me! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! You look at it and think, it’s too much of a good thing!”

8. Tommy Thompson:

“I’m in the private sector and for the first time in my life I’m earning money. You know that’s sort of part of the Jewish tradition and I do not find anything wrong with that.”

9. Arnold Schwarzenegger:

“Money doesn’t make you happy. I now have $50 million, but I was just as happy when I had $48 million.”

10. Ron Paul:

“I mean, it’s just, to me, unbelievable what you can find out on the Internet.”

Coming up next: the Top Ten Funniest Quotes By Members of The Media In 2007.