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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.

  • February 21, 2011

    I had the chance to fabricate something to topple the regime. I and my sons are proud of that, and we are proud that we were the reason to give Iraq the margin of democracy.
    -- Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, aka "Curveball," admitting to WMD lies used to justify the Iraq War

  • February 18, 2011

    Read my lips. We're going to cut spending.
    -- House Speaker John Boehner
    I can't believe I just said that.
    -- Boehner, while walking off stage a moment later

  • February 17, 2011

    I think this is the end of the laptop...It's portable.
    -- Rupert Murdoch on the iPad

  • February 16, 2011

    I said stay off the crack, and I still think that's pretty good advice, unless you can manage it socially. If you can manage it socially, then go for it, but not a lot of people can, you know?
    -- Charlie Sheen

  • February 15, 2011

    The average young person racks up 10,000 hours of gaming by age of 21. That's almost exactly as much time as they spend in a classroom during all of middle school and high school if they have perfect attendance.
    -- Jane McGonigal, in a recent article on video games

  • February 14, 2011

    Our opponents are better at nastiness than we will ever be. It comes naturally.
    -- Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels on Dems

  • February 12, 2011

    Who wants to run into a member of Congress in need of a shower wandering the halls in sweats or a robe?
    -- Melanie Sloan of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, on the 30-50 Reps who live at work

  • February 11, 2011

    If I run, and if I win, this country will be respected again.
    -- Donald Trump, on the presidency

  • February 09, 2011

    Responding to what may seem like a friendly e-mail or an appealing marketing offer can have serious consequences. Private information and images can so easily be transmitted to friends and strangers alike.
    -- Rep. Chris Lee in a 2009 Op-Ed on the dangers of the internet, 20 months before resigning over release of a half-naked self-portrait he sent to a woman via Craigslist

  • February 07, 2011

    When I was a child, President Ronald Reagan was the nice man who gave us jelly beans when we visited the White House. I didn't know then, but I know it now: The jelly beans were much more than a sweet treat he gave out as gifts. They represented the uniqueness and greatness of America -- each one different and special in its own way, but collectively they blended in harmony.
    -- Rep. Ben Quayle, on Reagan's 100th birthday