16. "If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself. If Palin were a man, we'd all be guffawing, just as we do every time Joe Biden tickles the back of his throat with his toes. But because she's a woman — and the first ever on a Republican presidential ticket — we are reluctant to say what is painfully true." ?conservative columnist Kathleen Parker, writing in National Review (Source)

17. "This is what the Republican Party has done to us this year: It has placed within reach of the Oval Office a woman who is a religious fanatic and a proud, boastful ignoramus.

… On Nov. 4, anyone who cares for the Constitution has a clear duty to repudiate this wickedness and stupidity." ?conservative writer Christopher Hitchens (Source)

18. "No, I don't. But you know what? That's not what she's running for." ?McCain adviser Carly Fiorina, asked if Palin has the experience to run a major company (Source)

19. "In your guts, in your stomach ? you're a smart, tough, savvy guy. If I were to run upstairs, wake you up in the middle of the night and say, 'John, is Sarah Palin really the woman to lead us through the next four, eight years? Through the next 9/11 attack?'" ?David Letterman, grilling John McCain about whether Palin is really qualified for the job (Source)

20. "I don't believe she's ready to be president of the United States, which is the job of the vice president. And so that raised some question in my mind as to the judgment that Sen. McCain made." ?Colin Powell, endorsing Barack Obama for president (Source)

21. "It turns out that Joe is not a licensed plumber, he had to admit that he's 'not even close' to buying the plumbing business, the business does not bring in $250,000 to $280,000 like he said, and his name isn't even Joe ? it's Sam.

Turns out the only true thing about 'Joe the Plumber' is 'the.'" He's the Sarah Palin of plumbing, is what he is." ?Jimmy Kimmel (Read more Palin jokes)

22. "In Alaska, a political activist is trying to get Sarah Palin to release over 1,000 e-mails that she's withholding from public records. She won't release them. Yeah. Apparently, several of the e-mails went unanswered and have the subject line 'Mom, I need to talk to you about birth control.'" ?Conan O'Brien (Read more Palin jokes)

23. "Are we not doing the talent portion?" ?Tina Fey, breaking out a flute in Saturday Night Live's spoof of the vice presidential debate (Source)

24. "There is a fine line between clever and stupid." ?an anonymous Republican, quoting a line from "This Is Spinal Tap" is describing McCain's choice of Palin as his running mate (Source)

25. "I'm not sure what she brings to the ticket other than she's a woman and a conservative." ?Sarah Palin's mother-in-law, Faye Palin, indicating she may vote for Obama (Source)

And a bonus quote, which can be filed under just plain laughable:

"I'm sure I'm not the only male in America who, when Palin dropped her first wink, sat up a little straighter on the couch and said, 'Hey, I think she just winked at me.' And her smile. By the end, when she clearly knew she was doing well, it was so sparkling it was almost mesmerizing. It sent little starbursts through the screen and ricocheting around the living rooms of America. This is a quality that can't be learned; it's either something you have or you don't, and man, she's got it." ?National Review editor Rich Lowry, reacting to Palin's performance in the vice presidential debate (Source)

For added amusement, watch Keith Olbermann's dramatic reading of Lowry's love note to Palin and wait for the kicker at the end)

~Compiled by Daniel Kurtzman

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