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Bon Mots
bon mots
Jan. 10, 2015
NYT
Editor Calls Someone ‘Asshole’ on Facebook
It happens.
By
Caroline Bankoff
bold comparisons
Dec. 15, 2013
N.C. Lawmaker: Obamacare Like Nazis, Soviets
Needs more offensive imagery.
By
Margaret Hartmann
bon mots
Sept. 9, 2013
Fran Lebowitz Destroys Mayor Bloomberg in Quip-Off
“Here’s how many lives he’s saved: zero.”
By
Joe Coscarelli
bon mots
Aug. 3, 2013
Eliot Spitzer Is the Hero of His Own Story
So he hasn’t read a novel in three decades.
By
Caroline Bankoff
bon mots
July 10, 2013
Ballsy Woman Doubts Armed Robber’s Intentions
She said he “didn’t have the balls.”
By
Joe Coscarelli
bon mots
June 15, 2013
Sarah Palin on American Intervention in the Middle East: ‘Let Allah Sort It Out’
Really.
By
Caroline Bankoff
that’s our joe!
June 5, 2013
Joe Biden on Fire at Frank Lautenberg’s Funeral
He’s got jokes.
By
Joe Coscarelli
the racie for gracie
May 8, 2013
Joe Lhota Learning Slowly Not to Call Police ‘Mall Cops’ If He Wants to Be Mayor
The Port Authority is not pleased.
By
Joe Coscarelli
crimes and misdemeanors
Nov. 20, 2012
‘Millionaire Madam’ Serves 45 Minutes in Jail
The target: D.A. Cyrus Vance.
By
Joe Coscarelli
early and often
Oct. 19, 2012
Dr. Obama Diagnoses Mitt Romney’s ‘Romnesia’
Zing.
By
Joe Coscarelli
master debaters
Oct. 11, 2012
Veep
Zingers for Joe Biden and Paul Ryan
Just imagine if these guys could curse.
By
Joe Coscarelli
bon mots
Sept. 19, 2012
Barack Obama and Jay-Z Have Some Things in Common
Daughters and awesome wives.
By
Joe Coscarelli
crimes and misdemeanors
Aug. 6, 2012
British Bank Caught Going Rogue With Iran: ‘You F-cking Americans’
“Who are you to tell us, the rest of the world, that we’re not going to deal with Iranians.”
By
Joe Coscarelli
bon mots
June 7, 2012
Jerry Seinfeld Sees No Need for Bloomberg’s Soda Ban
“Fatten them up, kill them off, and move them out.”
By
Joe Coscarelli
bon mots
Apr. 6, 2012
Keith Olbermann vs. Current TV, Round V
The station responds to the fired host’s lawsuit.
By
Joe Coscarelli
bon mots
Mar. 22, 2012
Barack Obama, Birther
He grills some poor lady about her birth certificate.
By
Noreen Malone
bon mots
Feb. 28, 2012
How the Romney Family Became So Large
Enjoy the mental picture.
By
Brett Smiley
Feb. 18, 2012
Fourteen Occupiers Get Brooklyn Bridge–Related Charges Dropped
Nearly 200 such cases have already been dismissed.
By
Andre Tartar
bon mots
Feb. 10, 2012
Ex-Komen VP Pulls No Punches in Going After Planned Parenthood
She calls the organization a “giant bully,” horseman of the apocalypse.
By
Andre Tartar
Jan. 15, 2012
Santorum Likens Voting for Romney to ‘Voter Malpractice’
On
Face the Nation
today.
By
Andre Tartar
Jan. 15, 2012
Rick Perry Defends Marines Who Urinated on Taliban Corpses
“Obviously 18, 19-year-old kids make stupid mistakes.”
By
Andre Tartar
Dec. 3, 2011
Barney Frank’s Eleven Best Insults
“What the hell is wrong with you?”
By
Andre Tartar
bon mots
Nov. 17, 2011
Nancy Pelosi ‘Oops’-es Rick Perry on Twitter
Their debate is now unnecessary.
By
Joe Coscarelli
bon mots
Sept. 25, 2011
Rick Perry Says He May Not Be the Best Debater in Town, But at Least He’s Got a Firm Rudder-Hand
Speaking in Romney’s native Michigan yesterday.
By
Andre Tartar
bon mots
Aug. 21, 2011
Karl Rove Thinks Palin Will Run
But that if she doesn’t announce by next week, people are going to get fed up fast with all this maybe-she-will, maybe-she-won’t business.
By
Andre Tartar
bon mots
July 19, 2011
Tell Us What You Really Think Of Con Ed, Mr. Mayor
A little tough love can be a motivator.
By
Noreen Malone
bon mots
May 1, 2011
Mayor Bloomberg: ‘Let Immigrants Come, As Long As They Go to Detroit’
“You would populate Detroit overnight.”
By
Mike Vilensky
bon mots
Apr. 24, 2011
Mayor Bloomberg’s Girlfriend Always Reminds Him: ‘It’s About My House, My Job’
Bloomberg comes out against the birther movement, with wisdom from Diana Taylor.
By
Mike Vilensky
revolt like an egyptian
Feb. 7, 2011
White House Envoy Who Said Mubarak Should Stay in Office Also Works for Egyptian Government
This looks really, really bad.
By
Nitasha Tiku
bon mots
Jan. 27, 2011
Bill Clinton Longs for a Happy Wife
Hillary will not be happy until Chelsea bears her a grandchild.
By
Dan Amira
bon mots
Jan. 25, 2011
Nazi Allusions Are the International Language of Politics
Spanish-language newspaper in Georgia makes the governor look like Hitler.
By
Nitasha Tiku
bon mots
Dec. 23, 2010
John Mayer Tries to Top ‘Sexual Napalm’ Line on the Upper East Side
John Mayer, fortune teller.
By
Nitasha Tiku
bon mots
Nov. 12, 2010
Euphemistically, Mayor Bloomberg Always Pictures His Employees Getting ‘Hit by a Truck’
“Just as a euphemism.”
By
Nitasha Tiku
bon mots
Mar. 6, 2010
Tom Daschle Approves of Julianna Smoot’s Wardrobe
“She kind of dresses like, if I were a woman, how I would dress.”
By
Adam K. Raymond
bon mots
Feb. 10, 2010
Robert Morgenthau Doesn’t Want to Overstate How Utterly Cataclysmic That Would Be
The entire court system would shut down if we held a terrorism trial in the city.
By
Dan Amira
bon mots
Feb. 3, 2010
Obama Has Lost the Mayor of Las Vegas
Oscar Goodman thinks Obama is intent on destroying his city’s economy.
By
Dan Amira