YBQ on CNN

[Federico Escobar]

I also liked this one, which Jon Stewart said on *The Daily Show* last week:

*"We vote as fanatics, but we are governed as curmudgeons".*

I'm surprised to see it hasn't gone viral on the Internet; perhaps
"curmudgeons" was too wordy? Perhaps I'm too fond of the show to see that
the phrase is not all that?

Livedash has a transcript of that episode, here:
http://www.livedash.com/transcript/the_daily_show_with_jon_stewart/6732/COMEDYP/Thursday_December_9_2010/530527/

F.


On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> It's over??  (-:  I didn't have the chance to submit the one I liked
> from this past Sunday's Parade magazine:
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> "Your face tells a story, and it shouldn't be about your drive to the
> doctor's office."
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> Julia Roberts, on saying no to Botox.
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> Joel
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> At 12/13/2010 10:47 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >CNN has run the story of YBQ's QOTY selections several times this morning.
> >Once they even mentioned Fred's name.
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> >The winner: "I'm not a witch." Runner-up: "I'd like my life back."
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> >JL
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