Sig line holding pen:
"The same Republicans who attack Democrats for being too P.C. about race now howl about sexism with such abandon you half-expect Phyllis Schlafly and Carly Fiorina to stage a bra-burning." - Frank Rich
"And since McCain’s willingness to make speeches that have nothing to do with his actual beliefs is not matched by an ability to give them, he wound up sounding like Bob Dole impersonating Huey Long." - Gail Collins
"[Palin's] fiscal experience, which consists of divvying up oil lucre, offers better preparation to serve as president of Saudi Arabia than the United States." -- Jonathan Chait
"[S]ometimes, even in politics, the reality of a situation eventually overwhelms the spin." - Ezra Klein
"Is McCain just letting the Attack-otron 3000 put together random words for him and then delivering them without bothering to see if they make sense or not? He's been all over the map for the past week." - Kevin Drum
"I realized then with great relief, as I watched him dancing and pictured strangling him with his own plastic lasso, that I didn't hate the French. And I didn't hate Americans. I just hated people. Which is why I don't like countries very much, mine or anyone else's. Countries are just places, places that are filled with people. That's a deal-breaker for me." - Shalom Auslander
"You're caught between a rock and a hard place with Sarah Palin as a critic. Because if you describe her accurately, there's no way you can do that and not sound condescending because she's not very bright about matters that a person in this position should be bright about. And she's completely not ready to take over this job." - Bill Maher
(Yes, they're getting too long to be actual sig lines... I can cut here and there if need be...)
Here's a nice short, punchy one:
"Why on earth would anyone put politics aside? It's not as if we're voting for Miss Fruit Fly - 2008. It's a presidential campaign, for gosh sake!" - roger
"I think walking and chewing gum at the same time is part of the president’s job." - Matt Yglesias
"David Brooks is already predicting a conservative backlash against upcoming liberal overreach. Sheesh. Can we please have our liberal overreach first? I'm looking forward to it." -- Kevin Drum
