Day: December 23, 2009

Verbatim

Buck Banks

I said, ‘Let’s start doing some Glenn Beck stuff, but in praise of Glenn Beck.’ But every time we do one, he will have done something dumber. He raised the stupid bar and now it’s nearly inapproachable. I worry that if we use that as a model … if somebody doesn’t believe what they’re saying, it’s very hard to out-stupid them. Because then there’s no place to sink our hook into, there’s no mountain to climb there. I can’t climb Glenn Beck since there’s nothing there.

— Stephen Colbert, on the paradoxical difficulty of mocking Glenn Beck’s outsize TV antics.

Golf Digest Obama/Tiger Cover: Fail

Trish

GolfDigestCoverNothing quite sums up the differences between print and new media like the January 2010 cover of Golf Digest. Print — despite the likely fervent wishes to the contrary of the editors who came up with, “10 Tips Obama Can Take From Tiger” — is forever.

The story is not available online but promises, “Writers and players share what they think the president can learn from the world’s best golfer — and vice versa.” The mind reels at the possibilities of what Obama could learn from Tiger, but let’s face it, there’s only one thing we can think of that Tiger might learn in return: “Keep it in your pants, son!”

Verbatim

Buck Banks

I will not leave until my friends in the Senate have completed their work. My attitude is if they are making these sacrifices to provide health care to all Americans, the least I can do is be around and provide them any encouragement and last-minute help.

— President Obama, on delaying his planned Hawaii vacation until the Senate passes the health care reform bill.