Welcome to this week's Quote the Ravin'. Man, did you see the game last Tuesday? What a rout! I was definitely rooting for the underdog.
It definitely was a strange game. Only three players showed up for the red team, and only one for the blue team. They ran completely over them! But then, what was really weird that the blue team player went home and bit his pillow, while the red team went out on the town and told everybody how they kicked ass. You would think the blue team would be like, "If our whole team showed up, we would have crushed you!" But no, they are saying "Maybe we should play more like the red team, maybe then our spirit club will be at the next game?"
My feeling is maybe the blue team should practice more and worry about the draft, instead of worrying about next season. Check out the stats below the fold.
Mama grizzlies are going to Washington and they are going to flip your picnic table, Dave!
—Tina Fey (as Sarah Palin) on David Letterman.
The point is not "He was a great man and you are a nincompoop," though that is true.
—former President Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan, on Sarah Palin's comparison to herself to Ronald Reagan in defense of having a reality show and being politically viable.
Definitely no love gained in two years.
Keith Olbermann is right when he says he's not the equivalent of Glenn Beck. One reports facts the other one is very close to playing with his poop.
—Bill Maher
Just don't accuse Beck of evolving.
NBC punishing Olbermann for donating to Democratic candidates is like Hugh Hefner fining the Playmate of the Year for showing ankle. It's completely and utterly retarded.
—Matt Taibbi in Rolling Stone.
Yeah, Keith's a liberal, and so am I. But we're not a political operation -- Fox is. We're a news operation. The rules around here are part of how you know that.
—Rachel Maddow
Winner of the most embarrassing quote of the week.
<Brit> Hume says that people should only strive to do "historic things that people like," which is why the next speaker of the house should give Brit Hume a gigantic chocolate bunny every week, covered in skittles.
—Jason Linkins on Huffington Post.
The Republicans have been at bat for 30 years, and they've whiffed on everything.
Former Reagan budget director David Stockman.
Not so bad they struck out, but Fox was throwing softballs.
Before we get —look, David Stockman is, you know, he's a really famous guy and a thoughtful guy. I just disagree with him vehemently and I, frankly, have for about 30 years.
—Rep. Mike Pence, who was 21 years old 30 years ago.
Probably more into Air Supply than supply side back then.
This is a credible news source now: "I read some shit on the internet".
—Bill Maher
Plus, "We didn't write it, we just reported it."
They don't contribute to Republican campaigns, they run them.
Fareed Zakaria on Real Time about Fox News.
Look, if Democrats can't repeal a policy more than two thirds of the American people, including a majority of conservatives, want gone then they can't expect people to vote for them.
Adam Serwer of the American Prospect on the Democratic lack of support for DADT.
Two opposing sides don't always have two compelling arguments.
Bill Maher about the Rally to Restore Sanity.
Yes, class warfare. Rich versus poor. Well, technically poor versus other poor that the rich pay to fight for them.
—Stephen Colbert, on Tucker Carlson (and other pundits) claim that the anti-Bush tax cut movement is class warfare.
Quote the Ravin', a weekly roundup of quotes from around the internets, comes out every Tuesday around lunchtime.