Why tamper with perfection?

[thewayne]

"The whole world is on fire."
-- Sen. Ted Cruz, during a stump speech in New Hampshire

"The world is on fire?"
-- Three-year-old Julie Trant, sitting on her mother's lap

"The world is on fire, yes. Your world is on fire."
-- Cruz

Maybe we could get a Cruz/Trump ticket!

Comments

[silveradept]

Trump would want to be up front, but one wonders how much of a True Believer Cruz has to be to not decide to dial it down when a three year old asks the obvious question.

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

I am in constant admiration that the entire staff of the Onion hasn't long since quit, with DC constantly trying to out-do them.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Tom Lehrer quit writing his comedy songs when Henry Kissinger got the Nobel Peace Prize while bombing Cambodia. I'm reading those Bloom County books, and Berke Breathed made a similar comment. Our news has become self-parodying.

There's a reason why I read 40+ web comics over breakfast every morning.