Demo-gogues

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: “Those that are trying to stop [gun control] legislation from going forward should be embarrassed and ashamed of themselves. I personally am happy with my vote to keep military-style weapons and large ammunition clips off the streets.”

Dezinformatsia

NBC’s Brian Williams: “As we approach the one-year mark … of the tragedy at Sandy Hook … there is a plea tonight from this country’s psychologists. They say the gun issue is not just a political issue, that protecting our children from gun violence, including in their own homes, is a matter instead of public health.”

From the ‘Non Compos Mentis’ File

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi: “[The Tea Party is] here to undo government. President George Washington cautioned when he left office against political parties that are at war with their own government. … They don’t believe in government. They don’t believe in science and they don’t believe in the presidency of Barack Obama. So it’s a trifecta. Those people have hijacked the name Republican, which has made such a valuable contribution to our country – the Republican Party – but they’ve taken it over the cliff.”

The BIG Lie

Nancy Pelosi: “[Republicans have] disrespect. Disrespect for the role that women have, in terms of exercising their judgment about their responsibilities. Disrespect for women in the workplace.”

Braying Jenny

Huffington Post blogger and “minister” Donna Schaper: “What is it about women that the religious right can’t tolerate? … Unwanted pregnancies cause poverty and release unprepared children into a world that increasingly refuses to sustain them. But that ‘practical’ argument is not why women can have morally good abortions. We can have morally good abortions because we are human beings, with God-given rights to human agency, just like men.”

Village Idiots

Former Clintonista Robert Reich: “At the present rate of enrollment, we’re going to have over a million people enrolled by January and people are going to stop complaining.”

Belly Laugh of the Week

Sen. John McCain: “[T]he United States of America is fortunate to be served by as able, articulate, honest, dedicated and impassioned a world leader as my friend Joe Biden.”

Short Cuts

Columnist Burt Prelutsky: “Recently, a friend sent me a poll that indicated that when it came to Healthcare, Obama’s approval rating was 37%; the Economy (31%); Immigration (32%); Terrorism (51%); Foreign Policy (34%); and Overall Job Approval (41%). He concluded by saying that added up to six ‘F’s’ and wondered how the Left would spin those catastrophic numbers. ‘No problem,’ I replied. ‘They will merely say that when it comes to those all-important issues, 226% of the people are behind Obama.’”