When Politics Get Personal: Politicians’ Most Insulting Slurs & Feuds

George H.W. Bush Called Clinton & Gore “Two Bozos”

In 1992, George H. W. Bush started to realized that he was about to lose the election to the governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton. He wound up calling his Democratic opponents Bill Clinton and Al Gore “bozos.” He stated: “My dog Millie knows more about foreign policy than these two bozos.” The comment was not lost on Americans, many of whom thought it was completely ridiculous. Paul Begala, who helped oversee Clinton’s ’92 campaign, said: “The more he said stuff like that, the more he looked out of touch. I mean, Clinton’s a lot of things, but he ain’t a bozo. He ain’t stupid.”