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Donald Rumsfeld wins the 2003 "Foot in Mouth" Award

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US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has won a "Foot in Mouth" award for one of his now legendary bizarre remarks. Mr Rumsfeld won the prize for comments made at a news conference in February last year which left observers baffled.

The British Plain English Campaign annually hands out the prize for the most nonsensical remark made by a public figure.

The winning quote:

"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know"

BBC News



Please note that the Plain English Awards are not a political body, they are an independent pressure group fighting for public information to be in plain English.

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His point is an interesting one, about being aware that you don't know something versus being unaware that that area of ignorance exists. But it really wasn't well explained.

Schwarzennegger's one was better, though, I think and so was Rumsfeld's comment that was something like 'he's in Afghanistan, or he isn't, or he's dead'.

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tacked myself

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I think Rumsfeld missed his nap that day before teh press conference. Oh wait, no, he got the nap, missed the staff briefing.

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Donald Rumsfeld has got to be the biggest prick in the world

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Donald Rumsfeld has got the biggest prick in the world


So you've been to one of those special 'staff' meetings.

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so in theory they dont know shit

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