This month in quotes

The last two weeks have been heavy on public statements that, at the very least, could have been worded better. Here's a sampling.

U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.: "When you look at the way the House of Representatives has been run, it has been run like a plantation, and you know what I'm talking about."

Conservative pundit Ann Coulter: "We need somebody to put rat poison in Justice [John Paul] Stevens' creme brulee. That's just a joke, for you in the media."

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin: "Surely, God is mad at America. He sent us hurricane after hurricane after hurricane, and it's destroyed and put stress on this country."