10. "Did you see
that video where a crying baby is handed to President Obama? As
soon as the president holds the baby it stops crying. Obama should try that
with John Boehner." –Jay Leno
9. “New
Republican Presidential candidate Jon Huntsman is fluent in Chinese. In a short
period of time the Republicans have come quite a long way. The last Republican
president wasn't even fluent in English." –David Letterman
8.
"President Obama announced this week that he is going to start sending out
his own messages personally on Twitter. And today Anthony Weiner said,
'It's a trap, don't do it!' But President Obama's tweets are a little different
than Anthony Weiner's. When Obama sends out pictures of something obscene, it's
the unemployment numbers." –Jay Leno
7.
"According to a new study, American fathers are spending more than twice
the amount of time with their children than they used to in years past. Experts
say it's due to a sweeping new trend called 'unemployment.'" –Conan
O'Brien
6.
"The Egyptian military is asking people who they want to be the next
president by using a Facebook poll. So congratulations to Egypt's new leader,
President Betty White." –Conan O'Brien
5.
"Most Americans know Jon Huntsman as 'the candidate most Americans don't
know.' Gov. Huntsman's announcement puts him somewhere between Ron Paul and
Count Chocula as the favorite to win the GOP nomination." –Jimmy Kimmel
4. "Newt
Gingrich has a new campaign slogan: 'Now hiring!' Sixteen of Gingrich's
top staff quit last week, and today, two of his top fundraisers quit. He's not
even president and he's already raising the unemployment rate." –Jay Leno
3.
"Today bin Laden’s deputy was made head of Al Qaeda. I know because today
he updated his status on LinkedIn." –Jimmy Fallon
2. "According to a poll, over 50 percent of viewers thought Mitt
Romney won this week’s presidential debate. They thought Mitt Romney won,
yeah. Romney credits the win to his grasp of the issues and the good people at
Mattel, who built him." –Conan O'Brien
1. "Sarah Palin has canceled the rest of her bus trip around America.
She had to quit before she got to Mount Rushmore and somebody asked her to name
the Presidents.” –Jay Leno
David Letterman's "Top Ten Signs Al
Qaeda Is Running Out of Money"
10. Switching from name-brand to generic plastic explosive
9. Jerry Lewis is hosting Al Jazeera's first ever jihad-a-thon
8. Ayman Al-Zawahiri closed latest videotaped message with, "And now a
word from Valvoline"
7. New catchphrase: "Death to Bill Collectors"
6. Shoe-bombers encouraged to shop at Payless
5. No more free soda in the 11th floor refrigerator
4. Reducing afterlife payment to 61 virgins
3. Training camps rented out on weekends for bar mitzvahs
2. Canceled ambitious plan to put a Mullah on the moon
1. Bet entire budget on the Miami Heat
For our Maher fans:
"New
Rule: Stop comparing Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann just because they're
both Republican women. And crazy. And know-nothings. And Jesus freaks, who
claim to receive messages from God. Who both get their historical facts wrong
all the time. Who both give off a sound that only animals can hear and makes
microwaves explode. Seriously, stop comparing them." –Bill Maher
"Our
long national nightmare is over. Ladies and gentlemen, we got him. Anthony
Weiner has resigned. That's right, he decided to take his balls and go home.
And it is now safe to go back on Twitter." –Bill Maher
"Mitt Romney was sitting down with some unemployed workers the other day.
Mitt is worth a quarter of a billion dollars, and he said, 'hey, I'm unemployed
too.' That is the famous Mormon sense of humor. A little tip Mitt, your people
are only funny when the 'South Park' guys write your jokes. " –Bill Maher