Rep. Steny Hoyer: “There are a whole lot of people in the Tea Party that I see in these polls who don't want any compromise. My presumption is they have unhappy families.”….Ann Coulter on Cenk Uygur: “Retarded.”….Alex Pareene on Newsmax: “A goofy right-wing magazine where conservatives you've never heard of (and John Stossel, apparently) report, constantly, that Barack Obama is bad and unpopular."….George Will on Bret Favre: “The world’s first intergalactic bore.”…. Stuart Rothenberg on Michele Bachmann: "She's been floated for every possible office except Queen of England.”….Dave Barry on 2010: “This was, in fact, the worst year ever.”….

Keith Olbermann on Fox News: “100% bullshit."….Christine O’Donnell on federal probe: “Thug-politic tactic.”…. Charles Krauthammer on Obama tax-cut deal: “The swindle of the year.”…. Glenn Greenwald on Wired not publishing full Manning-Lamo logs: “One of the worst journalistic disgraces of the year.”….Wired eds on Greenwald: “A breathtaking mix of sophistry, hypocrisy and journalistic laziness.”….Joe Klein on Glenn Beck: “A tele-charlatan.”….Cal Thomas on future coverage: “The lapdog big media will predictably question everything the new Republican House attempts to do, characterizing it as 'insensitive,' pro-rich and even inhuman.”….

NY Gov. David Paterson on media: “These people are not interested in reporting the news…They want to run the government.”…. Joy Behar on John Boehner: “Weeper of the House.”….NYT on GOP blocking DADT vote: “One of the most shameful days in the history of the Senate.”….Paul Krugman on Obama tax cut deal: “Brought the release of some hostages only by providing the GOP with new hostages.”…. House Majority leader Eric Cantor on Smithsonian Wojnarowicz video: “An obvious attempt to offend Christians during the Christmas season.”….Georgia Rep. Jack Kingston: “In-your-face perversion paid for by tax dollars.”…. LAT art critic Christopher Knight on pulling of video: “Think anti-gay bullying is just for kids? Ask the Smithsonian.”….Burlesque performer DeeDee Luxe on the lack of burlesque in “Burlesque”: It was just so painful. It was embarrassing. It’s really a terrible movie.”….

Steve Coll on Julian Assange: “A self-aggrandizing control-freak.”….John Burns: “Nearly delusional grandeur.”…. David Brooks: “An old-fashioned anarchist.”…. Mark Thiessen on WikiLeaks: “A criminal enterprise.”….Aaron Sorkin: “Sarah Palin is deranged and The Learning Channel should be ashamed of itself.”….former ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis on Beck, Murdoch, Fox, Limbaugh and Breitbart: “Political necrophiliacs…They're carrion eaters, they're nasty, they're evil, they're liars, thieves and cheaters."….Unnamed Cablegate source on Turkmenistan’s president: “Berdimuhamedov does not like people who are smarter than he is. Since he’s not a very bright guy…he is suspicious of a lot of people.”….

Cavaliers fans on LeBron James: "Ak-ron hates you!"....Daniel Ellsberg on Amazon: "Cowardice and servility."....WikiLeaks: "Pravda justifiably criticizing U.S. for trying to stifle a free press. How times change."....Mike Huckabee on WikiLeaks source: "Guilty of treason...anything less than execution is too kind a penalty.”….Bill O'Reilly on source: "Is a traitor and should be executed or put in prison for life."....Charles Krauthammer on U.S. government: "What is appalling is the helplessness of a superpower that not only cannot protect its own secrets but shows the world that if you violate its secrets -- massively, wantonly and maliciously -- there are no consequences."....Meghan McCain on Julian Assange: "Looks like a James Bond villain."....Wiki-leaked cable on Moscow: "A kleptocracy."....John Boehner on Dem tax cut vote strategy: "Chicken crap."....Ed Rollins on Sarah Palin: "I would have hoped somewhere along the way through the five colleges you attended that you would have learned a little history."....Max Read: "People hate Kim Kardashian's tweets more than AIDS."....