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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.

  • January 19, 2012

    "I've never quit a day in my life. I've never quit in the face of adversity, and I'm not just about to quit on the future of America. I'm going to stay in this race and stay in this fight because our children and this country are worth the fight."
    -- Rick Perry, on Tuesday
    "Today I am suspending my campaign."
    -- Rick Perry, today

  • January 19, 2012

    "If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn't have went down like it did. There would have been a lot of blood in that first-class cabin and then me saying, 'OK, we're going to land somewhere safely, don't worry.'
    -- Mark Wahlberg on 9/11 flight he was originally scheduled to be aboard

  • January 17, 2012

    "Best equipped to defeat Barack Obama."
    -- Jon Huntsman, on Mitt Romney, Monday
    "Completely unelectable."
    -- Jon Huntsman, on Mitt Romney, last week

  • January 16, 2012

    "We actually think work is good."
    -- Newt Gingrich on difference between Obama and GOP candidates

  • January 14, 2012

    "I'm very happy in my former life; we helped create over 100,000 new jobs."
    -- Mitt Romney, several weeks ago
    "We started a number of businesses, invested in many others, and that over all created tens of thousands of jobs."
    -- Romney, several days ago
    "Helped create and ran a company that invested in struggling businesses, grew new ones, and rebuilt old ones, creating thousands of jobs. Those are the facts."
    -- new Romney ad

  • January 13, 2012

    "There will be only one insurance provider, and you won't be able to switch, even if the service is lousy (and it will be). Obamacare employees will spend their days surfing pornography, instead of approving your heart operation. They can steal from you and even physically assault you. And they can never be fired."
    -- Ann Coulter

  • January 12, 2012

    "I believe if we had a Republican House, Republican Senate and a Gingrich presidency, we'd get amazing things done...We can create a majority that will shock the country."
    -- Newt Gingrich

  • January 10, 2012

    "This is the kind of, the kind of snobbery that we see from those who think they know how to run our lives. Rise up, America. Defend your own freedoms."
    -- Rick Santorum, on President Obama's (alleged) suggestion that all kids should go to college

  • January 10, 2012

    "With regards to their ads, I haven't seen them."
    -- Mitt Romney on super PAC anti-Gingrich ads
    "The ad I saw said that you'd been forced out of the speakership. That was correct."
    -- Romney, moments later

  • January 09, 2012

    "We're going to see Iran move back in at literally the speed of light."
    -- Rick Perry on Iraq