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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.

  • June 22, 2012

    "We offer a range of services that provide our clients with a one-stop shop for their outsource requirements."
    -- Modus Media, one of several firms that Bain Capital invested in that specialized in helping other companies move operations overseas

  • June 22, 2012

    "There's no way [Democrats] will be able to keep up. Our SuperPACs are our Star Wars, if you will."
    -- operative close to the Romney campaign, on GOP "Cold War strategy"

  • June 20, 2012

    "What she said was offensive...It was so offensive, I don't even want to say it in front of women. I would not say that in mixed company."
    -- Michigan state Rep. Mike Callton, on Rep. Lisa Brown being banned from speaking on the House floor for saying the word "vagina"

    "It wasn't about body parts...It was the 'No means no' comment. A step too far...It's like giving a kid a time out for a day."
    -- state Rep. Wayne Schmidt, defending the ban

  • June 18, 2012

    "We cannot survive a course of action which would include a nuclear Iran."
    -- Mitt Romney

  • June 17, 2012

    "I'm not patient enough to go to a movie theater, sit down and sit through the entire movie."
    -- actress Francesca Eastwood, who prefers to watch a movie on the computer "where I can pause it and tweet"

  • June 15, 2012

    "There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning."
    -- Warren Buffett

  • June 14, 2012

    "[Obama] wants to hire more government workers. He says we need more firemen, more policemen, more teachers. Did he not get the message?"
    -- Mitt Romney

  • June 12, 2012

    "We're in decline."
    -- Jeb Bush

  • June 10, 2012

    "Who was it who played 'The Star-Spangled Banner'...at the Woodstock Festival?"
    -- Jane Fonda

  • June 07, 2012

    "I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there, and in some ways it was frustrating not to feel like I was there as part of the troops that were fighting in Vietnam."
    -- Mitt Romney, 2007

    "It was not my desire to go off and serve in Vietnam, but nor did I take any actions to remove myself from the pool of young men who were eligible for the draft."
    -- Mitt Romney, who sought and received four draft deferments, 1994