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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.

  • December 02, 2011

    "I am going to be the nominee."
    -- Newt Gingrich
  • November 30, 2011

    "I'm running for president because of the things I believe I think I can do to help this country."
    -- Mitt Romney
  • November 29, 2011

    "We want a virgin to do a hooker's job."
    -- AZ state Sen. Lori Klein, on politics
  • November 27, 2011

    "There is somebody I think is exceptional and truly comes the closest to embodying the spirit of Lincoln or Washington in this field [of candidates]. And I believe that it is Michele Bachmann."
    -- Glenn Beck
  • November 24, 2011

    "I want a law that says, 'If you're trying to take out an American city, we're going to stop you.'"
    -- Newt Gingrich
  • November 23, 2011

    "He is the most powerful person in America today."
    -- Alan Simpson on Grover Norquist
  • November 22, 2011

    "Our genetic code still carries the selfish and aggressive instincts that were of survival advantage in the past. It will be difficult enough to avoid disaster in the next hundred years, let alone the next thousand or million. Our only chance of long-term survival is not to remain lurking on planet Earth, but to spread out into space."
    -- Stephen Hawking
  • November 21, 2011

    "[Democrats] have tried to say I'm the reason Republicans won't raise taxes. That's not nonsense. The Democrats want higher taxes. That's off the table. It's been off the table for a year. The Democrats are a little hard of hearing."
    -- Grover Norquist
  • November 20, 2011

    "If there is one guy out there that is the next George Washington, the only guy that I could think of is Rick Santorum."
    -- Glenn Beck
  • November 18, 2011

    "I'm going to unveil a plan to uproot all three branches of government and overhaul Washington."
    -- Rick Perry