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Quotes of the Day CRAPPY CAR SIGHTING: "Sen. Richard Burr's (R-N.C.) car is a sight to behold (it's called 'The Thing')" -- WaPo's Aaron Blake. The senator explained, "It'll take more than a fire to stop the Thing. Back on the rd. Alive, well, running like a dream." Creepy stalker fanboy says hi to Molly Ringwald "@secupp PLEASE tell Molly Ringwald I said 'hi' #NotACreepyStalkerFanBoyOrAnythingLikeThat" -- Conservative blogger and former TWTer Robert Stacy McCain. Ringwald appeared on MSNBC's The Cycle Thursday. Breitbart.com editor turns Ben Smith into a verb "MY LATEST --> Hilariously bad journalism here --> #BenSmithing Paul Ryan: BuzzFeed Story Undermines Its Own Headline." -- Breitbart.com editor John Nolte on arch enemy BuzzFeed Political Editor Ben Smith. The story is here. What flattery! Who doesn't want to be turned into a verb? The Defender "Sorry to see conservatives piling on @JanCBS. I'm a big fan of hers." -- RedState Editor and CNN Contributor Erick Erickson in reference to Jan Crawford. Journo to attend little sis' wedding "The blushing bride is running about two hours late to pick me up at the airport. I'm not saying a word.#dangerzone." -- Reuters' Sam Youngman upon arrival in Kentucky, where wifi connection will be sparse. The voyage there was potentially iffy. "When people pronounce Louisville correctly (Lulvull), I assume they're either locals or drunk. Hope my pilot was a native." Speaking of weddings... "I'll start typing political nonsense again next week... For now I am focusing on not fucking up my best friend's wedding." -- The Guardian and Salon's journo vagabond Jim Newell. What could possibly go wrong? It's not you, it's me. "If I could generalize about the stuff that's said and written about him, it's that it's usually much more of a reflection of the person who's doing the writing than it is about him. So it’s possible John Heilemann doesn't like people. That's possible. It's weird.” -- Vanity Fair Contributor Michael Lewis on his profile of President Obama to Bloomberg. OMG: Springsteen Bound! "Before the 'OMG I'm a cool kid bc I am at Springsteen' tweets start tnight, let it be known I liked him when it wasn't cool back in Texas." -- Roll Call's Abby Livingston.

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