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Quotes of the Day -- the Earthquake Hits D.C. Edition One Cool Cat: WaPo's Ezra Klein during the Earthquake. The Observer "The Capitol is now open. Walking through the Rotunda we are seeing lots of paint chips covering the floor." -- NBC News Senate Producer Libby Leist in a Tuesday tweet. A journo's long ride home "Here comes hell commute on the dc metro... trains and platforms sardined as trains creep along at 15 mph." -- NYT Washington reporter Charlie Savage in a Tuesday afternoon tweet. At 2:13 p.m. an Anonymous Tipster writes in... 5.6 Earth Quake and most of DC in the Streets The Media Critic I "The earthquake seems to have made CNN extra vapid." Wired.com's Spencer Ackerman in a Tuesday tweet. We're just glad Ack didn't feel any need to dress up like a banana today. That wouldn't be vapid, but strange in its own right. The Media Critic II "And am I the only one who thinks Ira Glass from NPR's This American Life sounds incredibly bored with himself?" -- A self-described "political geek" named Brian Perry. Priorities.... "Please, remember the real victims: Pundits whose TV segments were bumped for #earthquake coverage." -- Slate's Dave Weigel in a Tuesday tweet. Erickson Razzes Kristol "That was no earthquake. It was just Bill Kristol learning yet another of his pipe dream candidates is not actually running for President." -- CNN Contributor and Red State's Erick Erickson in a Tuesday tweet. Reporter thanks Verizon for functioning "Verizon, thanks for not crapping out today. AT&T, so weak, so weak. #dcearthquake" -- HuffPost's White House Correspondent Jennifer Bendery in a Tuesday tweet. And Corn's point is? "Okay, back to work. Send me a tweet if there's another one. Calls still aren't coming through. #EarthTwake" -- Mother Jones' David Corn in a Tuesday tweet. Kurtz's unusual spelling of Gaddafi "When I walked out, the Khadafy compound was under siege. Now it's all #earthquake all the time. I guess local trumps everything." -- The Daily Beast's Washington Bureau Chief Howard Kurtz in a Tuesday tweet. Though it looks unusual, technically Kurtz is not wrong. This is an acceptable way to refer to Muammar Gaddafi, which has a wide variety of spellings out there from G's to Q's to Qu to Qa and so forth. Reporter offers campaign advice "I know it's tempting, GOP campaign flacks. But no earthquake-themed Obama jokes. Don't do it. For the love of good comedy!" -- RealClearPolitics' Scott Conroy in a Tuesday tweet. Local watering hole addresses the quake "Yes - we are open. Accepting nominations for quake specials." -- CapLounge in a Tuesday tweet. Necessary Tweet of the Day "I complain TOO much, I know. Becoming the travel trauma king. TWO car accidents so far. I was NOT driving. no injuries but poor car." -- ABC7's Stephen Tschida in a Tuesday message to FishbowlDC. To which we say, we love you Stephen and your dramatic travel habits. Don't go changing, to try and please us. And enjoy the rest of your vacation. If you missed the late-night story on The Daily Caller's Kurt Bardella returning to Rep. Darrell Issa's (R-Calif.) office, read it here.

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