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TWO DECADES OF WTF

Welcome to the world's largest and most up-to-date collection of insane, tragic, misguided, dishonest, inexplicable, and darkly hilarious comments by public figures. This is where reality comes when it wants its mind blown.

  • March 16, 2015

    "Get off my shoulders. There's work to be done!"
    -- 104-year-old Selma marcher Amelia Robinson, when told by younger people that they stand on her shoulders

  • March 15, 2015

    "Maybe that wasn't the best way...I saw the letter, I saw that it looked reasonable to me and I signed it, that's all. I sign lots of letters."
    -- Sen. John McCain, on letter sent by 47 GOP senators to Iran's leaders to undermine negotiations

  • March 14, 2015

    "The first million decimal places of Pi are comprised of:
      99,959 0's
      99,758 1's
    100,026 2's
    100,229 3's
    100,230 4's
    100,359 5's
      99,548 6's
      99,800 7's
      99,985 8's
    100,106 9's"
    -- David Blatner, The Joy of Pi

  • March 13, 2015

    "Decision-making power over the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, and over the end or survival of this lineage, resides in the central government of China."
    -- statement by government officials

  • March 11, 2015

    "Popular culture becomes a cesspool, a lot of corporations profit off of it, and then people are surprised that some drunk 19-year-old kids repeat what they've been hearing."
    -- Bill Kristol, blaming the SAE chant on hip-hop

  • March 10, 2015

    "The press is waiting breathlessly...for Republicans to blow it. An intemperate remark from Congressman Jackass would fit the bill perfectly. Don't be the squirrel. Don't give them a shiny object. Don't give them an excuse to turn this into 'Krazee Republicans Sure Hate Hillary Because She's a Woman.'...She's blowing this; let's help...Don't make this all about Benghazi...I encourage you to use the smarmy D.C. construction of 'I just want to work in a bipartisan way for good, transparent government and to protect national security secrets from the Chinese, Russians, and other threats."
    -- GOP message and media strategist Rick Wilson, offering advice re Clinton email story

  • March 09, 2015

    "You can have every email i've ever sent. I've never sent one."
    -- Sen. Lindsay Graham

  • March 06, 2015

    "God is still up there, and He promised to maintain the seasons and that cold and heat would never cease as long as the earth remains...The arrogance of people to think that we, human beings, would be able to change what He is doing in the climate is to me outrageous."
    -- Sen. Jim Inhofe, chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee

  • March 05, 2015

    "A lot of people go into prison straight, and when they come out, they're gay."
    -- GOP presidential hopeful Dr. Ben Carson

  • March 04, 2015

    "Did you see Nancy Pelosi on the floor [during Netanyahu's speech]? Complete disgust. If you can get through all the surgeries, there's disgust."
    -- Sen. Lindsay Graham