“THE GULF OF MEXICO WAS ANGRY, MY FRIENDS.  IT WAS LIKE AN OLD MAN TRYING TO SEND BACK AN OILY PELICAN IN A FISH RESTAURANT. BUT I REACHED INTO THE WELL, PULLED OUT THIS GOLF BALL … AND IT DIDN’T MAKE A DAMN BIT OF DIFFERENCE.”

Story here.

“AS YOU ALL KNOW, ART IS EITHER AN ARCHITECT, OR AN IMPORTER-EXPORTER.  IN ANY EVENT, MY NEXT PHONY ICON IS GONNA BE ‘GEORGE THE MARINE BIOLOGIST.”

“EVERY INSTINCT I’VE EVER HAD FOR MODERATION AND COMMON-SENSE HAS BEEN WRONG; NOTHING’S EVER WORKED OUT FOR ME IN THE GOP.  SO NOW, I’M GOING TO DO THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE — INSTEAD OF RATIONALITY AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT, I’M GONNA GO WITH BIBLE-THUMPING AND NEANDERTHAL KNOW-NOTHINGNESS.”

“HI, I’M JOHN McCAIN, I’M IGNORANT AND I LIVE IN THE 13th CENTURY.  AND I ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.”

“JOHN McCAIN IS CHICKEN-SHIT SALAD … THE OPPOSITE OF EVERYTHING THIS COUNTRY SORELY NEEDS.”

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