Kicking Pundit Pillows

'It Kicked!' - 'Punt, Drop or Tad?'

"So what kind of mood is he in?"

"Oh, I'll be bi-partisan alright, punishing both sides of the aisle."

CEO du Jour

'I don't understand why you always put me in goal?!'

Where does it all end up?

"Well, at least it's an improvement from last night."

"Nous somme desir-eh, go, er, allez, erm, universitaire français, s'il vous plait."

Obama Healthcare.

"What your memoir really needs is an addiction."

"You haven't been laid off because you're the designated scapegoat."

"Hear ye! Hear ye! Look, having nuclear - my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at M.I.T. - good genes, very good genes, O.K., very smart. . ."

"Suppose you tell me why you want to be a faceless drone at Globatron Inc.?"

Budget

Statue of Security

'Wow, are all these desserts for here, or are you going to stuff your faces in the privacy of your own home?'

Greek Crisis

"Do you ever have days when you can't seem to rise above petty politics?"

"There's the pressure from my public, naturally, as well as the pressure from my publisher, my agent, and all that. But the real pressure comes from that devil inside that makes me different from other men, that makes me a writer. But, of course, you know all about pressure, grinding out those papers at Sarah Lawrence."

Tied up in red tape.

"We'd like to publish it, do nothing to promote it, and watch it disappear from the shelves in less than a month."

"Before I start. . . . are you sure pruning doesn't violate the tree's rights?"

Obama's Financial Reform Pill: I hope they won't need a glass of water.

Power/Expenditures

Diner is served

"Your book stinks—we want to publish it."

'Take a letter,'

Rubbish, Poppycock, Balderdash

Hot Halloween Costumes

Hog magazine with litters to the editor dept.

The Arab Autumn

'This isn't an easy business- you have to stoop low and be high-handed at the same time.'

News and Magazines. Campaign Fundraising Heats Up. It says this election cycle is expected to break all records in the amount of money spent on free speech.

"Im..peach...ment!"

"Tell the Greeks austerity is necessary to finance our campaign to explain why austerity is necessary."